More than half of all countries will likely fail to hit the UN target of reducing premature deaths from a quartet of chronic diseases by a third before 2030, researchers said Friday. Cancers, heart and…
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68 percent of world population will live in urban areas by 2050
Sixty-eight percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas by the year 2050, the United Nation said Wednesday, up from 55 percent at present. The UN report predicted an extra 2.5 billion people…
#WorldHumanitarianDay: 6 Ways you can support those in crisis
Did you know, 130 million people are living in crisis, facing impossible choices every day? Today, August 19, marks World Humanitarian Day, the day when, in 2003, 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at…
Actress Anne Hathaway to help UN shine spotlight on working mothers
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway has been named a goodwill ambassador for UN Women to help shine a spotlight on the unequal burden shouldered by working mothers, the UN said Wednesday. “The ‘motherhood penalty’ — which…
#DidYouKnow: Today is World AIDS Day
“All our energy and commitment will be required to reach the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the SDGs,” states Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director on World AIDS Day…
Did you know today is #WorldWildlifeDay?
Today is World Wildlife Day. Proclaimed on 20 December 2013 during the sixty-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly, March 3 celebrates the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora, recall…
Nairobi celebrates Nelson Mandela International Day
Thursday marks Nelson Mandela International Day and special celebrations will be held at Kilimani Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya. Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the Nelson Mandela…
Actor Ben Affleck pushes for DR Congo intervention
Actor and director Ben Affleck has appealed to US lawmakers to back a stronger mandate for the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying Washington needed to flex its diplomatic muscle to protect…
World tourist numbers pass billion
The number of tourists in the world this year will pass the one-billion mark despite the economic crisis, the head of the World Tourism Organisation said Wednesday. “The need to travel is defying economic difficulties,”…
Poor sanitation kills 2.7 mn people a year: UN
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN said Friday ahead of World Toilet Day. Eliminating inequalities can start…