Development

Candidates from China, France and Georgia are vying to head the UN’s food agency, as the fight to eradicate world hunger takes a blow from global warming and wars. The election of the new chief of...

Upsurge in chocolate value of up to 47 % may be necessary to eradicate all child labor from chocolate manufacturing in Ghana. An increase in cocoa price by 2.8 percent may potentially eliminate the very worst...

A new study out of Nigeria from two adolescent health organizations, Grassroot Soccer (GRS) and Youth Education Development Initiative (YEDI), shows that soccer is a promising tool in positively changing the attitudes and behaviors of adolescent...

A tragedy of horrific proportions was avoided over the weekend by the quick action and cool thinking of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) staffer on duty at the Miral Temporary Reception Centre in Velika Kladuša,...

China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations’ migration agency, yesterday (30/5) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to promote collaboration and mutual assistance on disaster risk reduction and...

World’s largest conference on gender equality opens in Vancouver with a call to redefine power at every level – Heads of state from four nations sat side-by-side young leaders and grassroots advocates as delegates from more...

International donors pledged to contribute $1.2 billion to help rebuild areas and infrastructure destroyed by cyclones Kenneth and Idai in Mozambique, according to the United Nations, less than half the amount the government says is needed....

Inadequate government allocation, shortage of manpower, outdated laws and rules unable to address present needs, flawed development plans and programs are plaguing the municipalities as they strive to provide different services to the ever-increasing urban population....

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Qatar Charity (QC) have signed today three agreements worth USD 4 million, in support of UNHCR operations in Iraq, Bangladesh and Yemen. These agreements were signed at QC’s headquarters in...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $4 million loan with a unique purpose vehicle and subsidiaries owned by the 77 Construction, Contracting, and Trading Group (77 Group), an international civil works contracting firm headquartered...