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NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities are working to eradicate trachoma, an infectious disease that is a leading cause of blindness in Africa. About 7...

GAROWE, SOMALIA - Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region has taken a first step toward banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in a country where almost all...

NEW YORK - The U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give two-year terms on the powerful 15-nation Security Council to five countries. ...

GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency is repeating its call to Tanzanian authorities to stop forcibly deporting asylum seekers back to Mozambique, where their...

As part of the ICLEI Rise Africa Action Festival Session, UN-Habitat and the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) hosted a session addressing the importance of...

Good afternoon,We are holding this briefing today in a time of great hope and great difficulty.Difficulty, because we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis in our country’s recent history, which has seen a dramatic increase in unemployment and ...

The fight against GBV continues MEC Albert Fritz meets with family of Sinovuyo MagatyaToday, the MEC of Community Safety, Albert Fritz, met with the family of Sinovuyo Magatya. Her body was found over the weekend, and formed part of a total of 35 homic...

Members of the media are advised that the media briefing by Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan will now take place tomorrow, 11 June 2021. The Minister will brief on matters related to the South African Airways as follows: Details of the...