Worldwide, women carry the greatest burden of malnutrition. More than two-thirds of women of childbearing age don’t get enough of at least one micronutrient. These are the vitamins and minerals, such as iron, that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy. A shortage is often called “hidden hunger” because a woman can eat…
In early June, a warm evening in Mogadishu was punctuated once again by the staccato of gunfire and mortar shells. Not the result of an ambush by Al-Shabaab or a quarrel over a checkpoint, but rather deadly clashes emanating from a federal government seeking to secure its political grip on the capital. The violence had…
Young people working on promoting peace in some of the world’s most fragile and polarized places say financial support remains essential, but money alone will not sustain their efforts to organize youth to participate in peacebuilding. As conflicts around the world continue to proliferate, a group of young UN peacebuilders met at UN Headquarters on…
Triangular cooperation is increasingly shaping discussions on how to accelerate development and integration across the Global South, particularly in efforts to deepen intra-African trade. The model brings together developing countries working through South-South cooperation, supported by a third partner such as a development agency, international organisation, or developed country. ALSO READ: UNDP sees South-South cooperation…
BISSAU — Guinea-Bissau’s economy demonstrated notable resilience in 2025, according to the World Bank Group’s Guinea-Bissau Economic Update (Spring 2026), released today. Real GDP expanded 5.8% in 2025, buoyed by a strong cashew harvest and farmgate prices that supported rural incomes and private consumption. Yet beneath this encouraging headline, the country faces mounting structural pressures…
Financial intelligence units, or FIUs, are meant to spot connections others cannot: the company with a hidden owner, the luxury property bought with unexplained funds, the consultancy fee with no clear service behind it, and the transfer linking people with no obvious financial relationship. On their own, these details may look incomplete or inconclusive. Viewed…
$642 million program to reach 5.4 million young people with market-relevant skills, education, and job opportunities WASHINGTON, June 23, 2026 – The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors today approved the Skills for Innovation, Resilience, and Aspirations (SIRA) Program, a flagship regional initiative designed to strengthen education-to-employment pathways for youth across Western and Central…
At a time when energy security and affordability have risen to the top of the development agenda, 655 million people globally still lack access to electricity, and two billion use polluting fuels and technologies for cooking putting their health and well-being at risk. Sub-Saharan Africa bears a disproportionate share of these gaps, with over 560…
Kenyan Prosecutors to Charge Eight Students Over Deadly School Fire Kenyan prosecutors are preparing to charge eight students with 16 counts of murder following a deadly fire at Utumishi Girls’ School in Gilgil. Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died and dozens more were injured when a fire broke out in a dormitory….
H.E. André Poh, Ambassador of the Republic of the Congo to the Ethiopia & Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU), this afternoon presented his Letters of Credence to the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The Chairperson congratulated Ambassador Poh on his appointment & expressed confidence that his tour of duty…
