WFP expands footprint in Khartoum as families starts to return to devastated capital.
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )The needs are immense. We saw widespread destruction, limited access to water, healthcare, and electricity, and a cholera outbreak.
Developing countries need fair market access and partnership to secure jobs
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )The recent tariff increases by the U.S. administration highlight the critical role of sustainable economic and industrial development as a strong industrial base is essential for job creation, income generation, and social progress.
WFP warns of rising hunger and malnutrition in Ethiopia as humanitarian needs outpace resources.
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks, leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned.
UNIDO and Enabel expand joint efforts on skills development and employment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )The project represents a strategic response to the socio-economic challenges in the DRC, including high youth unemployment, a significant skills mismatch, and gender disparities in education and employment.
Operational updates on food assistance to famine-risk populations in Sudan.
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )This is a summary of what was said by Samatha Chattaraj, WFP’s Emergency Coordinator for Sudan.
Middle Income Countries (MICs) can lead shift to green industrial development
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )Middle-income countries (MICs) can increase their competitiveness and lead the global shift towards a green industrial system…
Millions in Central Sahel and Nigeria at risk of food cuts as the World Food Programme faces severe funding crisis
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Central Sahel and Nigeria will halt in April 2025 without urgent funding.
Transforming Africa’s Coffee Sector: UNIDO and Italy Drive Climate-Resilient Solutions March 25, 2025
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )Italy supports UNIDO in promoting Africa’s sustainable industrialization, in line with the Mattei Plan’s focus on food security, renewable energy, and job creation, as reaffirmed during the Italy-Africa Summit in January 2024.
UNIDO and Sweden launch Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (EELA) Programme
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )The event was hosted by Annika Lisa Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to UNIDO and brought together high-level representatives from the programme’s partner organizations.
Conflict and rising food prices drive Congolese into one of the world's worst food crises according to new IPC data
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )2.5m more people have been pushed into acute food insecurity, as UN agencies grapple with increasing needs.