Liberia steps up trade standards: President Boakai commissions new LiSA headquarters and laboratories
Stories & Blogs UNIDO (News )In a significant step towards strengthening Liberia’s enabling business environment and safeguarding public health, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., officially commissioned the newly renovated headquarters and laboratories of the Liberia Standards Auth
Making country branding work for trade: ITC Executive Director on meeting with Prime Minister of Madagascar
Stories & Blogs ITC (Speech )"Tourism makes up 10% of the global economy, and it’s a key driver of sustainable economic growth for many developing countries, especially small island developing states."Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, ITC
At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.
UNHCR: Violence flares anew in northern Mozambique, forcing 22,000 to flee in a week.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Briefing note )UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned at the rapidly growing displacement in northern Mozambique as a conflict that is entering its eighth year appears to be intensifying again, forcing nearly 22,000 people to flee their homes in a single week
UNHCR calls for urgent international support to advance solutions for Sahel’s forcibly displaced.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.
Flipping the script on critical raw materials: ITC Executive Director on Africa’s role.
Stories & Blogs ITC (News )No more “Scramble for Africa”: We need to flip the script. In the global conversation on critical raw materials, Africa needs to see itself as the prize.