Africa: UN Faces 'Race to Bankruptcy' As Guterres Unveils Sharply Reduced 2026 Budget

The United Nations faces a "race to bankruptcy" unless Member States pay their dues in full and on time, Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday, presenting a… Read more »

Africa: Groundbreaking Report Reveals Powerful Link Between Poverty and the Climate Crisis

Nearly 80 per cent of the world's poor - 887 million people - live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, highlighting the urgent need for… Read more »

Africa: Nations Confront Deep Divisions Over Carbon Emission Cuts to Global Shipping

The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating - and may adopt - a landmark framework to curb greenhouse gas emissions for global… Read more »

Africa: UNGA Hosts First Ever Development Finance Summit to Boost SDGs

The words inclusivity, resilience, reforms - and many more coloured in green and blue - provided a bold, digital backdrop from artist Marsha Dunn for the first ever Biennial Summit… Read more »

Africa: UN Marks 80th Anniversary of Its Founding

Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as the world body commemorated 80 years since its founding. Read more »

Africa: UN Presses Ahead With Mission for a Better World Despite Global Headwinds

During a year of escalating global turmoil - from widening wars and economic hardship to the relentless advance of the climate crisis - the United Nations has held its ground,… Read more »

Africa: United Nations Revises 2026 Regular Budget Proposal, Pairing Cost Reductions With Initial Reform Measures

The United Nations has finalised the revised estimates for its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining more than $500 million in reductions, while also introducing the first… Read more »

Africa: What Is South-South Cooperation, and Can It Be the Gateway to a Fairer World?

Although developing countries often look to do deals with wealthy nations in order to help boost their economies, working closely with States facing similar challenges - so-called… Read more »

Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade - 'Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All'

Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies,the chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural… Read more »

Africa: 'Africa Is Poised for Progress' Guterres Tells Development Conference in Japan

The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday repeated his call for Africa to have a greater say in decisions that affect its future, in remarks to a conference in Japan focused on the… Read more »

Africa: Indigenous Peoples Day Highlights AI's Risks and Opportunities

In honour of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the theme AI: Defending Rights, Shaping… Read more »

Africa: Africa's 'Land-Linked' Economies Poised to Drive Continent's Prosperity

By leveraging their central location, expanding regional connectivity and embracing transformative technologies, Africa's landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) are positioning… Read more »

Africa: Landlocked Nations 'Invisible to Much of the World' - UN Trade and Development Chief

Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the world's 32 landlocked developing countries remain among the poorest - and most overlooked. Read more »

Africa: 'Landlocked to Landlinked' - UN Summit Seeks to Turn Geography Into Opportunity

For the world's landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn't just a challenge, it's a costly barrier to trade. Cut off from direct access to the sea, these nations face… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Push for HIV Independence Advances With First Procurement of Locally Made Medicines

Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests begin reaching national… Read more »

Africa: 'Bet On Youth' to Realise Africa's Digital Potential, UN Deputy Chief Says

Digital innovation and technology remain underfunded and underdeveloped across Africa, according to a report on Africa's development which was discussed at the General Assembly on… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Tariff Delay Deepens Trade Uncertainty, Warns Top UN Economist

A leading UN trade official warned on Tuesday that the United States' decision to delay the end of a tariff suspension by a few weeks risks prolonging global uncertainty and… Read more »

Africa: UN Summit Confronts AI's Dawn of Wonders and Warnings

The UN's flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and urgent calls for… Read more »

Africa: Space Is Not the Final Frontier - It Is the Foundation of Our Future - UN Deputy Chief

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. Read more »

Africa: Sevilla - Without Sustainable Development, There Is Neither Hope Nor Security

A senior UN official has told UN News that the global development challenge is not lack of money, but how to align public and private capital flows. The Sevilla Agreement adopted… Read more »

Africa: Drowning in Debt - New Forum in Sevilla Offers Borrowers Chance to Rebalance the Books

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… Read more »

Africa: 50 Years of Cites - Shielding Wildlife From Trade-Driven Extinction

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of… Read more »

Africa: It's Time to Finance Our Future and 'Change Course', Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla

"We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap… Read more »

Africa: 'Global Solidarity Benefits Us All' - Spain Makes the Case for Development Funding

Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South.… Read more »

Africa: New UN Report Charts Path Out of Debt Crisis Threatening Global Development

A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds - including what UN officials describe as a "silent crisis" of… Read more »