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

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 surging debt service payments in low-income countries. On Friday, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed launched a new report, Confronting the Debt Crisis: 11 Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing. She…

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

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. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, insists that global solidarity is still alive, despite indications to the contrary. For decades,…

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Flutterwave Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time, Highlighting Global Payments Influence

Flutterwave Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time, Highlighting Global Payments Influence

Flutterwave named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time. Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, has been named among the TIME100 Most Influential Companies List of 2025. This marks the second time the company has received this prestigious global honor. Flutterwave joins global leaders such as Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Netflix, OpenAI, Universal Music…

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

Africa: FOCAC Emerging As a Model for Solidarity, Cooperation in the Global South

China and Africa have stepped up coordination in turning the strategic common understandings between the leaders of both sides into strong momentum for China-Africa high quality cooperation providing solid and reliable support and drive for Africa’s modernization. China had in-depth communication with the Republic of the Congo, the African co-chair of FOCAC, and extensive consultations…

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

Africa: Experts Urge Tax Subsidies On Crop Inputs As Global Hunger and Climate Crises Converge

Global leaders attending the SB62 Climate Summit in Bonn are under growing pressure to reconfigure agricultural subsidies in favour of crop production, as leading food systems advocates and UN agencies warn that current policies are driving hunger, poor diets, and environmental degradation. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and…

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

Africa: 13th Africa Evidence Summit Kicks-Off in Nairobi With a Call for Credible Evidence Amidst Crippled Funding From Global North

Kisii — The 13th Africa Evidence Summit kicked off in Nairobi with an aim of advancing knowledge on elevating poverty in sub-Saharan Africa to foster unique collaborations between scholars, researchers and policymakers. Speaking during the opening of the 2025 Evidence summit, chair, Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA) Amos Njuguna said global development…

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