The United Nations is prioritizing reform to ensure it remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday, as part of a co ...

Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of youngsters caught up in the illegal practice is likely much higher, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday ...

As the appeal hearing of Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza has been postponed again, media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has contacted the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expressio ...

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe, was on Wednesday re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term ...

The Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid Ellafi, on Tuesday met with a number of ambassadors from Arab and foreign countries on the importance of a partnership with ...

The eighth summit between the leaders of the EU and South Africa will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13 March ...

At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark call to action on Tuesday to civil society representatives gathered for a town hall meeting ...

The World Bank has launched its flagship report, the Liberia Country Economic Memorandum, titled “Escaping the Natural Resource Trap: Pathways to Sustainable Growth and Economic Diversification in Lib ...

A number of Libyan youth have discussed challenges facing the country\'s economy with experts of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in workshops and  shared their ideas for overcoming them ...

Some developing countries are spending more money on repaying their external debt than on combating climate change, an independent UN expert said on Tuesday, noting that countries already struggling w ...

The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by providing vital logistical support, including boats and m ...

JP Morgan on Tuesday downgraded South African equities to “neutral” from “overweight”, citing concerns over an economic slowdown and the effectiveness of the country\'s policy reforms ...