United Nations

Rare UN General Assembly as world leaders meet virtually

Reading Time: 2 minutes New York, Monday World leaders convened on Monday for a virtual high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the […]

Shofco screens 1,817,178 people in slums for COVID-19 symptoms

Reading Time: 2 minutes A grassroot movement in Kibera slum has supported 14 urban sites in the fight against Covid-19. So far, Shining Hope […]

Covid aid shouldn’t be a tool for manipulation

Reading Time: 2 minutes In a world that has become extremely materialistic and unsympathetic, it is easy to lose hope for redemption in the […]

UN says over 5 mln people in Somalia need humanitarian assistance in 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute More than 5 million people in Somalia will require humanitarian assistance this year, the UN humanitarian agency said. According to the 2020 […]

Girls’ rights threatened despite years of progress

Reading Time: 4 minutes Efforts to improve girls’ situation across the world have seen increased access to rights and opportunities, even as emerging threats […]

Kenya, US clash on calls to apply brakes on Somalia aid

Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States will not stop humanitarian assistance to Somalia as doing so would affect millions of people facing financial […]

Robert Mugabe: as divisive in death as he was in life

Reading Time: 4 minutes Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, has died. Mugabe was 95, and had […]

Kenya protests UN interference in Jubbaland upcoming elections

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya has asked the international community to stop interfering in the electoral process of Jubbaland saying the United Nations (UN) […]