Tag: United Nations

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Global AI usage to consume more electricity than Nigeria, two others — UN

Global data centres are projected to consume almost three times the annual electricity used by Nigeria, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined by 2030, according to a new report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. The report, published by the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, attributed the anticipated increase in electricity demand largely […]

Appointments

Jimoh Ibrahim elected UN budget committee chairman

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jimoh Ibrahim, has been elected Chairman of Budget and Administration for the Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. His election comes at a critical period for the global organisation, which is grappling with a budget deficit exceeding $1.8 billion following significant reductions in foreign aid contributions. […]

Food

Dangote fertiliser key to solving Africa food insecurity – UN

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed has lauded the pivotal role of Dangote Industries Limited particularly Dangote Fertiliser Limited in addressing Africa’s growing food security challenges. She made this known while speaking during a visit to the company’s industrial complex in Ibeju-Lekki Lagos. She emphasized the need for stronger global partnerships to […]

Foods

Global food waste costs $1trn annually — UN

Despite 783 million people worldwide facing hunger, about 1.05 billion tonnes or nearly 19 per cent of all food available to consumers is wasted each year globally, according to the 2024 Food Waste Index Report by the United Nations. The report estimates that food waste costs the global economy about $1 trillion annually. These losses […]

Food

Hunger crisis deepens in Northern Nigeria as UNWFP slashes aid

No fewer than one million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition assistance unless funding is secured within weeks. According to a press release on the World Food Programme’s website on Thursday, Nigeria is facing one of the worst hunger crises in recent times. The United Nations World Food Programme is sounding […]

featured Opinion

UN warns US action against Maduro sets dangerous precedent

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has described the reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife by United States special forces as a “dangerous precedent”. This position was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in New York by the UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric. Guterres said he is “deeply alarmed” by the […]

Conferences

West Africa terrorism threatens survival, ECOWAS tells UN council

The President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Omar Touray, delivered a stark warning while briefing the United Nations Security Council at its 10,047th meeting on regional counterterrorism efforts. He cautioned that the rising wave of terrorism across West Africa and the Sahel has reached a level that threatens the very survival […]

World

$93bn needed annually to end world hunger — UN WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme has calculated that achieving the goal of ending hunger by the year 2030 would necessitate an annual investment of only $93 billion. This figure represents less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion that has been spent on global military budgets over the last decade. The food agency’s […]

News

One billion light arms fueling conflict, terrorism globally — UN

The United Nations has issued a grave warning that the massive proliferation of approximately one billion small arms and light weapons circulating globally is significantly fueling conflicts across Africa and the world. Adedeji Ebo, the Director and Deputy High Representative of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, informed the Security Council in New York that […]