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Image South Sudanese refugees receive a hot meal at Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner “Don’t reconvert plowshares into swords” LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge about the famine alert in East Africa and Nigeria, the arms race and migration (LWI) On March 16, the United Nations issued an alert, drawing attention to the famine in South Sudan, Somalia,…
Image Delegation members of the Nigerian civil society coalition. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay Nigerian human rights defenders lobby governments to help end deadly conflict LCCN and civil society groups seek intervention on human rights’ violations in Numan Federation (LWI) - Representatives of a Nigerian civil society coalition from the Numan Federation have called on United Nations (UN) member states to…
Image UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. 24 February 2020. UN Photo / Jean Marc Ferré COVID-19: LWF joins global UN appeal to help the most vulnerable Joint action to respond to “unprecedented threat” of coronavirus pandemic (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with other organizations is joining the global appeal of the United Nations (UN) for donations to respond to …
Image Council 2015 Resolution - Commending the People of Nigeria The LWF Council encourages Nigeria to continue making gains following free and fair, democratic and peaceful elections in March and April 2015.
