The United Nations Development Programme has launched, together with partners, a new centre that will help countries to best use…
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to boost the capacity of the UN Mission in South…
Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country today…
The security and humanitarian situations in South Sudan are rapidly deteriorating as a result of the country’s political disputes, the…
The President of the General Assembly today encouraged the United Nations to honour Nelson Mandela “by letting his legacy live…
Control operations are continuing in Madagascar against an invasion of the Malagasy Migratory Locust, a voracious insect threatening rice and…
Boosting productivity, fostering competitiveness and ensuring that small-scale farmers have greater access to markets are key to West Africa realizing…
The top United Nations official has welcomed the signing of long-awaited accords between the Government of the Democratic Republic of…
The United Nations family today mourned the loss – and celebrated the enduring legacy – of Nelson Mandela, the former…
Do you ever listen to a song and find yourself moved so deeply you are almost in tears? Have you…
An average of about 45 elephants per day were illegally killed in 2011 in every two of five protected sites…
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the…
Charles Dhewa loved to write about agriculture, especially soil and crops. In early 2000 he decided to turn his words…
Last July, US President Barack Obama set the spark for his Power Africa programme that will help sub-Saharan African countries…
Last year the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa inaugurated the 10-member High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa…
The figures are staggering: between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion has left Africa in illicit financial flows between 1980 and…
For many people, the phrase maritime piracy evokes images of a one-eyed sailor drinking rum and singing obscene songs. For…