A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development conf ...

Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life and global development, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday ...

Last week\'s peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to address justice for the victims of serious crimes by not including any provisions aimed at holdin ...

Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at risk and lack adequate protections, a human rights watchdog has warned ...

Ghana\'s President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday launched the government\'s ambitious 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, seen as a transformative economic policy to reviv ...

Senegal’s subsidised prices for seeds and fertilisers are expected to motivate farmers to plant more peanut and during crop marketing year 2025/26 peanut production is forecast at 770,000 metric tons ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania ...

The World Bank has approved a Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP) for Djibouti, an instrument that will allow the Horn of Africa country to prepare better and respond swiftly to emergencies ...

Following the signing of a bilateral peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, six armed groups reached a truce in northeastern DRC on Saturday ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wil ...

A 13-year-old South African boy has been signed up for English football giants Chelsea ...

As insecurity and forced displacement continue in central and northern Mali, women are increasingly exposed to heightened risks of gender-based violence, a UN agency has warned ...