Launches with $200 million of capital invested and $150 million from philanthropists Pierre and Pam Omidyar Will focus on the future of learning across US, Africa and Latin America REDWOOD CITY, California, Jan. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Imaginable Futures, a new global philanthropic firm focusing on unlocking human potential through learning, launched today. Founded and funded by […]
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the observance for the International Day of Education, today in New York:I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for putting education n…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Raouf Mazou of the Republic of the Congo, as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu…
A Nigerian reporter has died after being discovered bound, gagged and near death in a farmer’s field in Adamawa state.In a development first reported by regional news outlets, Maxwell Nashan, a newscaster with government-owned Federal Radio Corporation…
GENEVA The United Nations says urgent action must be taken to halt an invasion of locusts that is threatening food crops and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.A locust invasion is swarming across parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, destroying crops a…