The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved has US$200 million of International Development Association (IDA) additional financing for the final push to eradicate polio and sustain routine immunization for children under five years and women of reproductive age in Nigeria.
The kidnap of more than 200 schoolgirls a year ago this week captured global attention and inspired the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The terrorist Group Boko Haram have killed over 20,000 people since they launched their insurgency attack on innocent people in Nigeria. Their aim is to float an Islamic caliphate and they use Islam as […]
As the world marked the World Water Day on Sunday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that about 750 million people around the world still lack access to drinking water. “The story of access to drinking water, since 1990, has been one of tremendous progress in the face of incredible odds,” according to […]
A tropical cyclone killed at least eight people in Vanuatu, UNICEF has confirmed the first casualties from one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall. Almost no tree could stand straight after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit across the Pacific island nation. Aid workers fear that there are more fatalities. The confirmed deaths […]
