Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
Event April 14 – 17, 2025 - Venue/Format: United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States of AmericaOrganizer: OHCHR
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)
Seventh African Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum
Event April 7 - 8, 2025 - Venue/Format: Kampala, UgandaOrganizer: ECA - African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)
Africa Business Forum 2025: From Potential to Prosperity: Activating Africa’s Regional Value Chains
Event - Venue/Format: United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOrganizer: ECA
Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum WUF12
Event November 4 -8, 2024 - Venue/Format: Cairo, EgyptOrganizer: UN-Habitat
Top official warns of weakened regional security following withdrawal from West African economic bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger
Stories & Blogs UN (story )Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s decision to pull out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “even as terrorism and transnational organized crime remain a pervasive threat”, will be damaging to regional relations all round, said the UN’s
Tenth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
Event April 23 – 25, 2024 - Venue/Format: AUC (African Union Commission), Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOrganizer: ECA
Preparations gear up for the 10th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Addis Ababa
Stories & Blogs ECA (story )Addis Ababa, 8 April 2024 (ECA) - The 10th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-10) will be held in hybrid format on 23-25 April 2024 at the headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.