UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed concern about reports of trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation and sexual slavery and children for recruitment and use as fighters in the ...

The European Union and the Government of The Gambia on Thursday signed a Financing Agreement for a new programme aimed at improving completion rates in senior secondary schools and reducing gender and ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally condemned the military coup d’État in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday while the military leaders named Gen Hort ...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "In a growing number of autocracies, minorities are being stifled, their rights, their identity and their voices being repressed," the UN High Commissioner for Human ...

Kenya’s sugar sector continues to face structural deficits, with domestic production covering only about 72 percent of consumption in 2024, according to industry sources ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign aiming to protect around 62 million children aged 6 months to 14 years against measles and rubella, ahead of ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed grave concern over US President Donald Trump announcement that South Africa will not be invited to the next G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami ...

African countries have reached consensus on the priority actions, commitments and milestones that will shape the Africa Health Workforce Agenda 2026–2035 in a major step towards transforming how t ...

Ghana has strongly condemned Wednesday\'s military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as “an unconstitutional act” that threatens democratic governance in the West African nation ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African region, Member States and partners have agreed on a roadmap to protect communities during public health emergencies, becoming the first region to f ...

Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients ...

The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund on Wednesday announced a major milestone, with the approval of more than $1 billion in support to global peacebuilding and conflict-prevention initiatives since 2 ...