The number of victims of human trafficking detected globally is rising again after falling off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in its latest report on the ...

Demand for air travel in Africa is focused to increase in 2025 as airlines increase seats available on their routes, the International Air Transport Association (AITA) has said in its industry outlook ...

Women-led businesses in Nigeria will benefit from a US$50 million loan, provided by an African Development Bank (AfDB) programme, following the signing of an agreement in Rabat, bank executives said W ...

Representatives of the Libyan Presidency Council (PC), House of Representatives (HoR), High Council of State (HCS), as well as legal experts have met to discuss the draft law on reconciliation propose ...

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has issued an alert after a surge in the number of displaced people fleeing war-torn Sudan for neighbouring South Sudan ...

Poverty is endemic, and vulnerability is almost universal in South Sudan following a decade of economic decline in the world’s youngest country despite its abundant natural resources, a new South Sud ...

Global trade in wood and paper products has dropped steeply due to the rise of digital media, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has reported ...

The mechanism to complete the work of UN war crimes tribunals continues to make progress in delivering justice for the most serious crimes in Rwanda and the States of the former Yugoslavia, top offici ...

The UN held a high-level pledging conference on Tuesday for its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) which ensures humanitarians can deliver urgently needed assistance wherever and whenever crises s ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects severe supply chain issues to continue to impact airline performance into 2025, raising costs and limiting growth ...

The South Sudanese electoral body has set December 2026 as the date for holding the country\'s much delayed elections, a UN envoy said on Tuesday ...

A project to increase the production of batteries to power electric vehicles has been launched in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, a UN agency said on Tuesday ...