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08 March 2017
Press Release
Nigerian Actress, Stephanie Linus named UNFPA Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central Africa
Nigerian Actress, Stephanie Linus named UNFPA Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central Africa
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23 February 2017
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, 18 years, told UNFPA in Maroua,…
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23 February 2017
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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 Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to…
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22 February 2017
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, 18 years, told UNFPA in Maroua,…
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14 October 2016
Press Release
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 were captured by Boko Haram…
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20 September 2016
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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…
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20 September 2016
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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…
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29 August 2016
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 of fear and violence caused by…
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28 August 2016
Press Release
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 Nairobi, agreed today on more…
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