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WHO donates medical supplies and equipment to boost mpox response.

Stories & Blogs WHOJul 03, 2025(News )

The handover ceremony took place at the Hastings Treatment Centre, with WHO Country Representative Dr George Ameh officially handing over the supplies to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Mustapha Kabba.

Refugees escaping Sudan face escalating hunger and malnutrition as food aid risks major reductions

Stories & Blogs WPFJun 30, 2025(News )

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that millions of Sudanese refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries risk plunging deeper into hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortages force drastic cuts to life saving food as

Global public debt hit a record $102 trillion in 2024, striking developing countries hardest

Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 26, 2025(News )

Since 2010, developing countries’ debt has grown twice as fast as that of advanced economies. Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries spending more on interest payments than on health or education.

Developing countries face record-high public debt burdens. Now is the time for reform.

Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 26, 2025(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..

Building Africa’s trade future, together ITC hosts Partnerships for Africa Day in Geneva to scale African-led trade solutions.

Stories & Blogs Africa RenewalJun 23, 2025(Article )

As global trade becomes increasingly uncertain and fragmented, Africa’s 50 million small businesses—responsible for 80% of employment on the continent—face mounting pressure to compete, integrate, and thrive.

Global foreign direct investment falls for the second consecutive year, posing acute challenges to developing countries.

Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 19, 2025(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.

Africa: Foreign investment hit record high in 2024.

Stories & Blogs UNCTADJun 19, 2025(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.

WFP expands footprint in Khartoum as families starts to return to devastated capital.

Stories & Blogs WFPJun 10, 2025(News )

The needs are immense. We saw widespread destruction, limited access to water, healthcare, and electricity, and a cholera outbreak.

At UN Ocean Conference, IFAD advocates to boost innovative finance for coastal communities to protect the world’s oceans.

Stories & Blogs IFADJun 09, 2025(News )

Governments, multilateral organizations and private sector actors must urgently scale-up innovative ways to drive finance to small-scale fishermen and coastal communities.

Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of mpox 2024 – Temporary recommendations.

Stories & Blogs WHOJun 09, 2025(News )

These temporary recommendations are issued to States Parties experiencing the transmission of monkeypox virus (MPXV).