Top UN official commends Niger for tackling complex humanitarian crisis
Sep 12, 2017, at 09:50 am
New York, Sept 12(Just Earth News): A top United Nations official on Monday commended the Government of Niger for tackling the country’s complex humanitarian crisis, including leading the provision of life-saving aid to hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable, and highlighted the need to address its root causes.
In Niger, Security Council links aid and development in fight against Boko Haram
Mar 06, 2017, at 12:29 pm
New York, Mar 6 (Just Earth News): The Security Council – which is in the Lake Chad Basin to draw attention to the humanitarian and development needs of a region grappling with Boko Haram's terror – visited for the first time Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world.
UN envoy calls for funding backed by government action, peace successes in troubled Sahel
Oct 17, 2014, at 09:33 pm
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): The African Sahel region needs more resources, more joint action and faster ways to deal with the structural challenges, like climate change, and successes on peace processes in Darfur, northern Mali and Libya, a senior United Nations humanitarian Friday said.