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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Car dealer allegedly laundering money for Nigerians on FBI list arraigned

Village Reporter
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission, Lagos Office on Thursday re-arraigned Samusideen Babafemi Sarumi, owner of 606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited and Splash Off Entertainment Limited, before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a three-count charge bordering on felony to commit money laundering and money laundering to the tune of N209 million.The… Read More
Human Rights 

‘Diversity is a form of wealth, not a factor of division,’ UNESCO chief says ahead of International Day for Tolerance

Village Reporter
“Tolerance is more than standing idly by or remaining insensitive to differences between men and women, cultures and beliefs”, Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said, but instead a “state of mind, an awareness and a requirement.” In 1996, the UN General Assembly invited Member States to observe the Day each year on… Read More
Human Rights 

ICC gives greenlight for probe into violent crimes against Rohingya

Village Reporter
The pre-trial judges “accepted that there exists a reasonable basis to believe widespread and/or systematic acts of violence may have been committed that could qualify as crimes against humanity of deportation across the Myanmar-Bangladesh border” the Court said in a press statement, in addition to “persecution on grounds of ethnicity and/or religion against the Rohingya population.”  After a reported military-led crackdown,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Thursday’s Daily Brief:  Envoy heads for Bolivia, ICC on Myanmar, dignity for sanitation workers, sterilizing mosquitoes

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Bolivia crisis: UN chief sends envoy to support peace, amidst renewed clashes UN chief António Guterres announced on Thursday that he had appointed a Personal Envoy who would be travelling to Bolivia later in the day, to offer support to national leaders, following the departure of former president, Evo Morales.  “The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the developments in Bolivia”, his Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York. “He reiterates his appeal to all Bolivians… Read More
Human Rights 

Human rights experts call for ‘paradigm shift’ on arbitrary detention in Qatar

Village Reporter
The assessment by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention came in a statement on Thursday following a 10-day visit to the country, where they interviewed more than 200 people who have been deprived of their liberty. “Detention is currently the general rule in cases such as debt, adultery, intimate relations out of wedlock and drug use”, they said, in… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN mosquito sterilization technology set for global testing, in battle against malaria, dengue

Global Author
Using a process known as Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) – developed decades ago to target crop-eating insects in the United States – UN researchers have spent the last 10 years adapting it to mosquitoes. Working with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) tropical diseases programme,  they have now drawn up guidelines for nations wanting to tackle disease outbreaks transmitted by the… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

SA artists petition Minister to stop Burna Boy from SA concert

Village Reporter
AKA and Burna Boy (R) South African musicians have refused to perform alongside Burna Boy after threatening rapper AKA over his xenophobic comments months ago. Burna Boy has been a major topic in the SA entertainment industry this past year. This is mainly because of the rather controversial comments he made after the xenophobic incidents that occurred in the country… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Zero new confirmed cholera cases in Haiti for nine months: UN envoy

Global Author
That’s according to UN Special Envoy Josette Sheeran, writing in an op-ed published in The Miami Herald  last week, who reported that there have been no laboratory-confirmed cases of cholera in the entire country for the past nine months. She said the “momentous achievement” was the result of an innovative strategic partnership between the Government, the UN and key stakeholders.… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Revealed: danger and squalor for cleaners who remove human waste by hand

Global Author
Highlighting the dangers for the millions of people who clean toilets, sewers and septic tanks, ahead of World Toilet Day next Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) insisted that while the workforce performs an essential public service, their own health is compromised and they are often shunned. “Workers often come into direct contact with human waste, working with no equipment… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: UN bid to aid diabetics, Israel-Gaza attacks, climate change in Nepal, Iraq envoy appeal to MPs

Global Author
UN leads bid for cheaper insulin, expanding access for diabetics worldwide Overly expensive insulin could be a thing of the past – and life-changing news – for millions of diabetics under a plan launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday to diversify production globally, just ahead of World Diabetes Day. The two-year pilot programme, launched Wednesday, aims to boost access to… Read More
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