Damilola Banjo
Damilola Banjo is a staff reporter for PassBlue. She has a master's of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in communications and language arts from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She has worked as a producer for NPR's WAFE station in Charlotte, N.C.; for the BBC as an investigative journalist; and as a staff investigative reporter for Sahara Reporters Media.
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 29, 2022
This week, reporting on the UN’s efforts to help evacuate people still trapped in Mariupol as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heads into its 10th week. So far, the UN hasn’t revealed any progress on its humanitarian corridor goal as…
- Categories: Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 27, 2022
CALABAR, Nigeria — In March 2020, when schools in Nigeria closed their doors to flatten the surging curve of coronavirus infection, the unintended consequence was that thousands of children and teenagers across the country became soft targets of sexual…
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 22, 2022
This week, the focus stays glued to Ukraine while a flicker of hope emerges in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, where children are getting new malaria vaccines. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…
- Categories: Climate Change, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 12, 2022
As most of the world’s superpowers continue to impose sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Britain says it will double-down on its effort to call out Russia by ensuring it does not continue to…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Security Council Presidency
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 8, 2022
This week, we see how all the crises around the world have huge consequences on civilians, but we are also reminded of the resilient power of people who choose peace after a long, brutal war. You are reading This…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 3, 2022
Comfort Ero knew that her appointment as the president and chief executive of the International Crisis Group, a New York City-based think tank working to prevent wars, would be arduous. But taking up the role in December, two months…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Peace and Security, Security Council, Women as Changemakers
- Damilola Banjo
- • April 1, 2022
This week, the spotlight remains on the desperate plight of millions of people around the world. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. This week, we bring you an analysis of President Putin’s…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 25, 2022
This week, the focus is on the humanitarian disasters from wars and violence around the world. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 18, 2022
This week, we place the lens on the United Nations itself as the atrocities committed by Russia in Ukraine surge into the fourth week of war. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the…
- Categories: Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • March 11, 2022
This week, the spotlight stays on Ukraine as civilian casualties multiply and cities are being pulverized since Russia invaded the country two weeks ago. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The…
- Categories: This Week @UN
- Damilola Banjo
- • January 19, 2022
It was the death in childbirth of a dear friend that spurred Adepeju Jaiyeoba, then a young lawyer in Lagos, Nigeria, to take action. It was 2011, and 978 out of every 100,000 Nigerian women — 40,000 a year…
- Categories: Africa, Women as Changemakers
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