Heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty are expected to drive global growth down this year to its slowest pace since 2008 outside of outright global recessions, according to the World Bank’s ...

Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has released US$6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to address the worst malnutrition crisis to hit north-east Nigeria in five years ...

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of Angola will host Africa’s biggest Infrastructure Financing Summit from 23– ...

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned the violations of the truce that occurred in Tripoli during the Eid al-Adha holiday ...

The United Nations Population Agency (UNFPA) on Tuesday launched ts State of World Population 2025 report, which reveals how the most consequential reproductive decision a human being can make ...

The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for more funding to support immediate needs and boo ...

The Zambian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the economic policies and reforms needed to conclude the Fifth Review under the 38-month Exten ...

The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) has expressed grave concern over the conviction and imprisonment of President of the Law Society of eSwatini, Mangaliso Magagula, on charges of contempt of ...

Despite its wealth of natural resources and potential, Central Africa continues to face serious challenges, from political instability to growing humanitarian needs ...

The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – it’s due to social and economic pressures stopping them from having the children they want, says a new UN repo ...

The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday, amid more reports of people being killed and injured near newly-established ...

With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, delivering a blunt indictment of humanity’s fract ...