Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed to stem the flow, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) states in its new threat assessment report.A lack of access to healthcar...
The United States on Wednesday voiced alarm over Sudan's release of a man sentenced to death over the killing of an American development worker, denying there was any understanding between the countries.Islamist gunmen shot dead John Granville, a 33-ye...
Twelve African countries on Wednesday spelled out plans for ending AIDS in children by 2030 through an array of HIV testing, treatment and prevention programs.The 2030 goal, which was announced by UNAIDS last year, was unanimously backed by representat...
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children marked a step up in...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Christine N. Umutoni of Rwanda as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Liberia, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 February.Ms. Umutoni recently served as t...
Today, the Department of State announced the winners of the annual Global Human Rights Defender Awards. Protecting and supporting human rights defenders remains a key U.S. foreign policy priority as they are integral to democracy, access to justice, a...
Yesterday, Ambassador James O’Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, led an interagency discussion with leading companies and associations across the gold sector. The meeting focused on the importance of the gold industry’s robust implem...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Aminata Maiga of Côte d’Ivoire as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Senegal, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 February.Ms. Maiga brings more than 25 ye...
Nairobi: Parents of Uasin Gishu County who were affected after their children failed to secure admission to overseas universities despite paying millions to study in Finland and Canada through the Overseas Education Trust scholarship, are pleading for...
Kampala: Managing Director at Microsoft Africa Development Centre, Catherine Muraga, has urged African innovators to develop indigenous AI solutions, with an emphasis on creating AI technologies in local languages such as Kiswahili, Amharic, and Lugan...
Nairobi: The government has completed the leasing process of four public sugar factories to revive the once-thriving sugar sector in the country. The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mutahi Kagwe announced that four private ...
