Mobile-Phone Technology Powers Saving Surge in Developing Economies.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Number of Adults Using Accounts to Save Rises at Fastest Clip in a Decade.
Global Gas Flaring Hits Highest Level Since 2007, Undermining Energy Security, Access, and Emissions Goals
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Press release )Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion in lost energy and setting back efforts to manage emissions and boost energy security and access.
2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA2025
Event November 10 - 14, 2025 - Venue/Format: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)Organizer: ECA
2nd UN Tourism and ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa
Event July 22 - 24, 2025 - Venue/Format: Luanda (Angola)Organizer: UN Tourism
Indigenous Economic Autonomy for a Sustainable Future
Event May 29-30, 2025 - Venue/Format: World Bank, C Building C1-450, Washington DC. And, via ZoomOrganizer: World Bank
4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference
Event October 16 – 18, 2025 - Venue/Format: UN Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryOrganizer: UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
2nd UN Tourism and ICAO Ministerial Conference on Tourism and Air Transport in Africa
Event July 22 - 24, 2025 - Venue/Format: Luanda, AngolaOrganizer: UN Tourism
UNHCR: Rapid influx of Congolese refugees strains Uganda’s threadbare resources
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing Notes )Uganda, Africa’s largest refugee host, is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of Congolese refugees crossing its western border due to increased insecurity in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
UNHCR seeks urgent support as violence in eastern DR Congo leaves hundreds of thousands without shelter
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing Notes )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
Event March 10 to 21, 2025 - Venue/Format: March 10 to 21, 2025 The United Nations (UN) Headquarters, New York, United StatesOrganizer: UN-Women