Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) says as a result of the war in Ukraine, poorer countries are finding it increasingly tough to deal with surging food prices.
Wednesday’s official approval by a British judge of the US government’s request to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who is facing espionage charges for publishing classified material that exposed war crimes by American forces has sparked off an outrage.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, says youth activism has been “pushing the world forward.” She was speaking at Day 1 of the Economic and Social Council’s (ECOSOC) annual Youth Forum.
The world’s largest humanitarian organisation, World Food Programme (WFP), an agency of the United Nations, has warned that 20 million people in the Horn of Africa are currently at the risk of being sent to the grave by hunger.
Worrisome activities of roadside trading around markets in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, are still ongoing despite the ban by the Udom administration. Some of the concerned individuals in the metropolis say the sellers, the buyers and other road users are being exposed to risk.