The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and the armed M23 group ...

New York, US )PANA) - As South Sudan enters a so-called “extended transitional period” this month, the UN’s top envoy to the country has warned that the clock is ticking to accomplish the commitments ...

Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect nearly three weeks ago, UN aid coordination office OCHA said in an upda ...

A pool of banks represented by the Banque de Développement du Mali (BDM), one of the country\'s largest banking institutions, and the Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile (CMDT), which ...

South Africa could increase its GDP growth by 1% in the short term and up to 3% in the medium term by addressing persistent energy and freight logistics constraints, according to the World Bank’s ...

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced the formation of an Advisory Committee as part of its political initiative to put forward proposals to resolve the outstanding conten ...

The UN health agency, WHO, on Tuesday honoured the courage of people affected by cancer and celebrated scientific progress to treat the disease ...

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians. Tags Society Sudan UN Violence ...

Transforming the basic education sector by improving the quality of learning from an early age can drive inclusive growth in South Africa, according to a new World Bank report ...

The G7 Foreign Ministers and the High Representative of the European Union, have strongly condemned the Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in partic ...

UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to grassroots humanitarian funding by the incoming US administration and reiterated calls for Washington to retain it ...

The UN’s top humanitarian official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday called for Goma airport to be urgently reopened, warning its continued closure is paralyzing relief operations ...