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.
DG Okonjo-Iweala: MC14 must deliver outcomes on WTO reform
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )WTO members will need to agree on a package of “deep and thorough” reform proposals for consideration at the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14).
Funding cuts limit support for Congolese refugees in Burundi.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )More than 71,000 Congolese refugees have crossed into Burundi since January, the largest influx in decades.
WTO Secretariat hosts first conference on interplay between AI and global trade
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The WTO Secretariat hosted a conference titled “How AI Shapes and is Shaped by International Trade” on 21 November to explore the opportunities and challenges artificial intelligence (AI) presents for global trade.
Trade Policy Review: Malawi
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Malawi takes place on 9 and 11 October 2024. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Malawi.
US gives USD 600,000 to strengthen trade expertise in developing economies and LDCs
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The United States is contributing to finance training programmes aimed at enhancing the skills of government officials from developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs).
UNHCR: Decade of action against statelessness brings big gains but further action needed
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )More than half a million people around the world who were living in the shadows, deprived of their right to nationality, have now acquired citizenship since the inception a decade ago of the #IBelong campaign, according to a new report on statelessness re
Data visualization tracks myriad dangers faced by refugees and migrants on land routes across Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )Interactive maps, charts, photos and text detail a litany of abuses on journeys through East and West Africa and across the Sahara
Digital hub connects displaced people in Burkina Faso to new opportunities.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (News )In the city of Kaya, a ‘Connectivity Centre’ means host communities and forcibly displaced people can access online courses, learn new digital skills, and stay in touch with loved ones.
DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes President Assoumani of Comoros to the WTO
Stories & Blogs WTO (News )The President announced that his country had taken the first step to ratify its imminent WTO membership.