Millions risk losing access to humanitarian food assistance amid funding slowdown in South Sudan
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Half the population of South Sudan – 7.7 million people – are facing severe hunger.
Low-income countries hit hardest by global food price inflation.
Stories & Blogs FAO (News )Special Event in New York explores the causes, consequences and solutions to the 2021-2023 food price inflation.
A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (News )Despite maternal death rates dropping by 50 per cent over the past twenty years in Somalia, too many pregnant women struggle to access essential health services.
Emergency food assistance grinds to a halt in Nigeria amid surging insecurity and record hunger
Stories & Blogs WFP (News )Without immediate funding, millions of vulnerable people will face impossible choices: endure increasingly severe hunger, migrate, or possibly risk exploitation by extremist groups in the region.
IMF Executive Board Concludes Eighth Reviews under Cameroon’s Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility Arrangements and Third Review under Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement.
Stories & Blogs IMF (News )The completion of the ECF-EFF reviews allows for an immediate disbursement of SDR 55.2 million (about US$75.7 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangements to SDR 593.4 million (US$793.8 million).
Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Foreign investment in Africa surged by 75% to reach an all-time high of $97 billion in 2024, bolstered by liberalization and facilitation efforts across the continent.
Global foreign direct investment falls for the second consecutive year, posing acute challenges to developing countries.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )UN Trade and Development alerts that uncertainty is affecting global investment and warns of the impact insufficient financing has on developing countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
As the world looks away, women suffer in silence
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Donors’ brutal funding cuts to humanitarian aid are having a devastating impact on programmes that specifically support women and girls at risk of gender-based violence.
ILO brings its social justice message to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.
Stories & Blogs ILO (News )The ILO Director-General will lead the Organization’s participation at the Conference, highlighting the importance of decent jobs and universal social protection for sustainable development.
Developing countries face record-high public debt burdens. Now is the time for reform.
Stories & Blogs UNCTAD (News )Rising debt burdens are threatening the world’s already fragile path to sustainable development, warns the UN ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development..