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Nigerian Actress, Stephanie Linus named UNFPA Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central Africa
DAKAR/LAGOS, 8 March 2017 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today appointed Nigerian actress and activist, Stephanie Linus as the UNFPA Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central... Read more
Cameroon: Empowering youth to achieve social cohesion
Maroua, Cameroon- "My village was attacked by Boko Haram. They killed my uncle and all the men. Women and children were spared.” Sylvie Tokofi... Read more
UNFPA Nigeria gets funding support from KOICA as Humanitarian Grant for Borno State, Nigeria, Epicentre of Chad Basin Crisis
ABUJA 21 February 2017-UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has received $500,000 Thousand as grant from the Korean Republic International... Read more
Much more needed in family planning to achieve Africa’s development goals
ADDIS ABABA, 31 January 2017: Africa cannot attain vital goals in continental and global development agendas without ensuring access to voluntary... Read more
UNFPA ON STANDBY TO PROVIDE URGENT PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE TO RESCUED CHIBOK GIRLS
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Dakar/ABUJA, 14 October 2016 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls who... Read more
African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity
World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly... Read more
Les Présidents africains exhortent à investir dans la jeunesse vu que le continent connaît une explosion démographique qui constitue une opportunité rare
NATIONS UNIES, New York/BAGRE, Burkina Faso – Des Présidents, des ministres, et des fonctionnaires des Nations Unies et de la Banque mondiale se sont rencontrés hier au siège de l'ONU à New York... Read more
Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Zarah Bunu was just a teenager when she was forced to flee her home in north-eastern Nigeria two years ago. The steady drumbeat... Read more
African leaders, partners commit to actions to empower youth, women to transform Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 August 2016. African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in... Read more
Keep girls in school and unlock their power to become economic assets, says UNFPA
ABUJA, Nigeria – Naja’atu Idress is 15 years old. After graduating from primary school at age 10, she hawked for three years to support her parents... Read more