The African Union (AU) has appointed a Swiss-based satellite firm, Tecnavia, as its technical partner to make satellite data available to the 54 national weather prediction centres in Africa in an eff ...

An international humanitarian organisation operating in the Sudan has highlighted that attacks on hospitals and health providing units has tripled this year, with nearly 1,000 people killed so far whi ...

Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark Sustainable development conference concluding this Thursday in Sevilla, while cautioning that real progress will depend ...

The African Union (AU) is mourning five peacekeepers of the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) who died in a helicopter crash in Somalia on Wednesday ...

The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are either in the process of or are considering withdrawing from the international treaty prohibiting ...

Benz has shut down operations at its South African plant for more than one month as part of a “standard procedure” to adjust for local and international demand ...

In a move poised to reshape sustainable development financing in Africa, Côte d’Ivoire has announced the launch of its innovative Sustainability-Linked Finance (SLF) Framework ...

Ghana\'s President John Dramani Mahama has said his country is seeking to deepen its partnership with India in key areas including trade, agriculture, renewable energy, digital innovation, and youth e ...

Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life and global development, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday ...

A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development conf ...

Last week\'s peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to address justice for the victims of serious crimes by not including any provisions aimed at holdin ...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania ...