Swift, Collective Action Must Target Cybercriminals, Terrorists Recruiting...
United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice continued its high-level segment. read more
View ArticleChampions come together to announce strengthened efforts for an AIDS-free...
Champions come together to announce strengthened efforts for an AIDS-free generation in Africa JOHANNESBURG, 13 April 2015—The Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation gathered together today to announce...
View ArticleFAO and ACP member states share strong focus on nutrition and climate change
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). read more
View ArticleWorld Malaria Day: call to close gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat...
WHO is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since...
View ArticleNew report from UN Women unveils far-reaching alternative policy agenda to...
London, 27 April, 2015) A major report from UN Women, released today in seven locations globally, brings together human rights and economic policymaking to call for far-reaching changes to the global...
View ArticleExpected sharp fall in Southern African maize production raises food security...
April 2015, Rome - Southern Africa's maize harvest is expected to shrink this year by some 26 percent compared with 2014's bumper crop, a situation that could trigger food price increases and adversely...
View ArticleSupporting industrial development in countries of the Southern African...
GABORONE, 29 April 2015 – Best practices and technical cooperation activities in the field of standardization, quality assurance, accreditation and metrology, as well as industrial and trade policies...
View ArticleWilliam Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to Host Public Discussion, "New...
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB), in cooperation with the National Geographic Society, will host a public discussion as part of its 267th quarterly meeting, “New Directions...
View ArticleUN Development Chief Completes Visit to Botswana
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark meeting with villagers and chiefs in Shorobe, Malawi. read more
View ArticleNew Voices: The Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship
On Tuesday, June 30, the inaugural group of Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellows will share their experiences at a public panel discussion at National Geographic Society...
View ArticleWorld crop prospects positive in 2015; but food insecurity hotspots pose concern
Pastoralists in Kenya harvest corn during a Farmer Field School program. read more
View ArticleUnited States Marks 20 Years of Successful International Law Enforcement...
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) William R. Brownfield will be in Budapest, Hungary on July 16 to celebrate 20 years of U.S.-run International...
View ArticleHIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of...
Antiretroviral treatment that consistently suppresses HIV is highly effective at preventing sexual transmission of the virus in heterosexual couples where one person is HIV-infected and the other is...
View ArticleDr. Peter Kilmarx appointed Deputy Director of Fogarty International Center
Peter Kilmarx, M.D., an expert in infectious disease research and HIV/AIDS prevention, has been named Deputy Director of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health. Dr....
View ArticleSocioeconomic Challenges Send Africa's PC Market to New Lows
The African PC market sank to new lows in the second quarter of the year amid a slowdown in GDP growth, increasing unemployment, and the strengthening of the dollar against many of the continent's...
View ArticleNew Grant to Support Human Rights in 10 African Countries
New York - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund have signed a US$10.5 million grant to address human rights barriers faced by vulnerable communities in Africa, and...
View ArticleCountries adopt UNAIDS Fast-Track Strategy to double number of people on...
GENEVA, 24 November 2015—Ahead of World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that countries are getting on the Fast-Track to end AIDS by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development...
View ArticleWorld Bank Group Board Discusses New Country Partnership Framework for Botswana
WASHINGTON, November 24, 2015 — The Executive Directors of World Bank Group institutions today discussed the group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the Republic of Botswana for 2016-2020. The...
View ArticleAfrican Union Commission, Thai Ministry and National Geographic Society...
Rome's Orchestra di "Piazza Vittorio" plays during the 2015 FAO awards ceremony. read more
View ArticleLa corruption gagne du terrain en Afrique, les gouvernements impuissants à...
Une majorité d’Africains déclare que la corruption a progressé au cours des 12 derniers mois et ils jugent que la plupart des gouvernements ne remplissent pas leurs obligations pour enrayer les abus de...
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