A number of African countries are making progress in economic development, according to a scholar at the United Nations University in Helsinki, Finland.
Women around the world face higher unemployment rates than men, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Tuesday.
The more than one billion farmers worldwide should be at the centre of investments in the agricultural sector, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Thousands of poor farmers living on the slopes of East Mount Kenya depend on seasonal rains to water their crops.
The water situation in that area of the country has also been affected by decades of excessive logging which reduced forest cover and slowed water flow.
Government regulators from 193 countries will discuss updating the rules that regulate telecommunications at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai.
