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Teenager seized for Boko Haram attack tells how she tore off suicide vest and fled – Girl feared going against orders but was even more afraid of killing her father who she knew was staying at the crowded camp in Nigeria that was her target

Teenager tores off Boko Haram suicide vest and fled

Closing 2016 Youth Forum, senior UN official says young people key to new sustainability agenda – Marking the end of the two-day United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, the President of the 54-member body told hundreds of youth leaders that the event exceeded high expectations and that the time is now for young people to get behind global efforts to ensure sustainable development for all.

Senior UN official says young people key to new sustainability agenda

Ban welcomes proposal for first binding limits on airlines’ carbon emissions – Welcoming a proposal by the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the first binding limits on carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for further strengthening of emissions standards as quickly as possible.

Proposal for first binding limits on airlines’ carbon emissions

UN says 1.4m children have fled Boko Haram extremists – The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, according to the UN children agency, Unicef.

UN says 1.4m children have fled Boko Haram extremists

Nigeria to probe generals over arms fraud – Twelve senior Nigerian army officers have been handed over to the anti-corruption agency for their alleged involvement in an arms scandal.



Nigeria to probe generals over arms fraud

Boko Haram violence keeping a million children out of school, says Unicef – The Boko Haram insurgency has kept more than one million children out of school, according to the UN children’s agency, highlighting fears that a lack of education will fuel further radicalism in and around Nigeria.

Boko Haram violence keeping a million children out of school

‘The world needs science and science needs women,’ says UN on new International Day –  More than ever today, the world needs science and science needs women, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today marking the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

The world needs science and science needs women

Nigeria’s Buhari needs to avoid telling the ‘single story’ about Nigerians abroad – Earlier this week, in the course of answering a question in an interview in London with British newspaper The Telegraph, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari gave an insight into his thinking that promptly kicked off a firestorm on Nigerian social media.