Tag: Africa

Lusaka, Zambia — The African Union (AU) on Saturday launched an early warning platform aimed at preventing conflicts and promoting peace on the continent. The Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange on Early ...

Monrovia — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Liberia, celebrating population day, has projected that the world population could reach eight billion people in November. This year's population ...

Geneva — A new United Nations report says African countries must diversify exports if they are to survive economic shocks. A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and ...

Washington — Across Europe, there is a growing uneasiness that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is serving to overshadow another critical, even existential threat that could do severe damage to the ...

Everyday inequality-related issue contributes to the death of 21,300 people. And this is a conservative estimate of the victims resulting from hunger, extreme weather events due to warming, lack of ...

Since the US Supreme Court overturned protections on abortion rights in the US last month, the controversial issue has been back on the global agenda -- including in Africa. Five ...

The ruling party still sees the world as a battleground between neo-liberalism and revolutionary progressivism. Reading the foreign policy chapter of the African National Congress's (ANC) 2022 discussion paper, one ...

Geneva — Africa must diversify economically and become more resilient to realise its full potential, the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Thursday. "We believe ...

Harare — Barbra Banda, a top player on Zambia's national women's team, was subjected to what is called a gender verification procedure to determine whether her testosterone levels are above ...

The Stop TB Partnership has launched a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the world's oldest pandemic. The Global Plan to End TB 2023-2030 lists priorities and estimated funding ...