Debt relief for Côte d’Ivoire
After decades of struggling with unsustainable debt, Côte d’Ivoire is getting some relief. The country has been granted a reduction in its $7 billion external debt.
After decades of struggling with unsustainable debt, Côte d’Ivoire is getting some relief. The country has been granted a reduction in its $7 billion external debt.
More than one million children could experience severe acute malnutrition this year as a result of the food crisis in the Sahel region, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) is warning.
The contributions of one the world’s greatest advocates for freedom, justice and democracy—former South African President Nelson Mandela—were celebrated in the General Assembly on Wednesday.
“Turning the tide together” is the theme of the upcoming International Conference on AIDS.
Students from various African nations as well as other countries throughout the world gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa recently to participate in a dialogue and discussion about Nelson Mandela.
There is an ambitious plan to eliminate new AIDS infections among children by 2015.
There is also talk that we are seeing the beginning of the end of AIDS and that an AIDS-free generation is within our grasp.
UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Pay inequality is a heated issue with many people believing CEOs and other “fat cats” earn too much while those at the bottom of the salary scale are barely scraping by.
Whenever global food prices rise, developing countries are hit the hardest. Senegal is one such country. Rising food prices made even the most basic foodstuffs unaffordable.
The humanitarian response for Syria is facing a critical shortage of funds, as the conflict in Syria escalates, says John Ging.