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UN has outlived her usefulness, --says prophet

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  From Chuks Collins, Awka May 28,2023 The General Overseer and Spiritual Head of Soul Revival Outreach, Nnewi, Anambra State, Prophet Iyke Uzukwu has described the United Nations (UN) as a global organization that has outlived her usefulness. Prophet Uzukwu who made this observation Sunday during a homily said that with the way UN is carrying on, it won't be long before another proactive organization comes on board to replace it. He expressed worry that most issues that led to full time war in most nations of the world were minor issues neglected by the UN that according to him snowballed into a full scale war due its mishandling by the UN. The UN, Prophet Uzukwu noted was brewing huge crises in Mali that may consume the nation because of the failure of the organization to conduct referendum for them in March as agreed. He said, "It's only God that has been preventing war in Nigeria, because the level of killings going on in South East is unprecedented yet none of the int...

Sudan crisis: UN launches record country appeal for 18 million in need

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Human Rights Amid a massive increase in the number of people in Sudan impacted by more than a month of heavy fighting, the UN on Wednesday said that it needed a record near $3 billion to deliver life-saving aid to them. In addition to a revised request from the UN aid coordination office OCHA for $2.56 billion to fund its Humanitarian Response Plan - targeting some 18 million people in Sudan - the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that it required $472 million to assist those forced to flee across the country’s borders. The revised joint humanitarian response plan updates the response strategy launched for Sudan in December 2022 and reflects the “fundamental and widespread needs” within the country, according to OCHA. Kickstarting aid “Today 25 million people, more than half the population of Sudan, need humanitarian aid and protection,” said Ramesh Rajasingham, Head and Representative of OCHA in Geneva. “This is the highest number we have ever seen in the country (and) the response plan ...