WSIS+20 Africa Review in Cotonou backs continued push for inclusive digital development
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )The WSIS+20 Africa Regional Review Meeting, held in Cotonou from 14 to 16 May 2025, concluded by adopting the Cotonou Declaration.
Experts highlight need to enhance transparency in sovereign credit rating methodologies.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )African policymakers are stepping up calls for greater transparency and fairness in how global credit rating agencies assess sovereign risk.
How to manage the economic trade-offs of public procurement policies in developing economies.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Story )Procurement policies can help targeted firms and potentially address market failures, but their effectiveness depends on the specific context.
Reinvigorated Resident Coordinator System Boosts Efficiency and Delivers Results for People and Planet.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )The 2024 data underscores how Resident Coordinators are effectively steering UN teams and forging partnerships on the ground to deliver tangible results.
Reciprocal tariffs should exclude vulnerable developing economies – UN trade body
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal Magazine (Article )Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent lists economic empowerment, digital equity and solidarity as priorities.
Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Article )Sudan’s civil war is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls.
Bridging Divides and Building Futures in the Sahel.
Stories & Blogs UNSDG (Story )The UN Resident Coordinators’ work in resource mobilization and data analysis, with support from UN agencies on the ground, transforms strategic decision-making in line with UN principles and values.
UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal Magazine (Article )The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.
Impact of US funding cuts on HIV programmes in South Africa
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Story )The closure of key population clinics has disrupted access to routine services, including PrEP, and clients have been referred to public health facilities.
With rainwater tanks and solar-powered pumps, Somalia aims to take on climate change.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )For much of the last decade, Somalia has tipped in and out of drought, with dry spells withering rivers, turning farms into dustbowls and forcing millions from their homes.