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Highest Child Wasting Rate Despite Undernourishment Drop
As much as 18.7 per cent of Indian children under the age of five suffered from wasting in 2024, the highest rate in the world, according to the United Nations’ 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report released…
Opposition to back Labor’s student debt bill
Sussan Ley has confirmed the opposition will back the Albanese government’s signature student debt-slashing bill.It comes after Education Minister Jason Clare told Labor colleagues he was hopeful the HECS reforms would pass parliament on…
African Leaders Advocate for Action and Inclusive Growth at UN Food Systems Summit in Addis Ababa…
Addis Ababa, July 28, 2025 (ENA) -- African leaders at the Second Food Systems Summit, held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) headquarters in Addis Ababa, called for a decisive shift from dialogue…
Reclaiming Africa’s medical tourism legacy
By Kashim Shettima & Benedict Oramah
Guest Columnists
Nigeria was a prime medical tourism hub in the 1960s. It is hard to believe but no less true. The destination, usually for both the rich and even…
Expanded humanitarian meeting in Sana’a calls on International & UN organizations to…
Expanded humanitarian meeting in Sana'a calls on International & UN organizations to resume funding for sustainable & developmental programs
Sana'a - Saba:
Participants in the expanded humanitarian…
President Hichilema Welcomes Norwegian Minister for International Development, Highlights…
President Hakainde Hichilema hosted His Excellency Åsmund Grøver Aukrust, Minister for International Development of the Kingdom of Norway, along with his distinguished delegation, in a meeting that reaffirmed the growing partnership between…
Burkina Faso Leader Champions Education as Africa’s “New Revolution”
Burkina Faso Leader Capt Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré has declared education the cornerstone of Africa’s “new revolution,” positioning it as an emancipatory alternative to Western-influenced…
Amid global aid cuts, new water financing from multilateral development banks must go to the most…
At UN Development Conference in Seville, 10 Multilateral Development Banks publish a joint report on water security financing, delivering on the bold commitments made at the One…
World Bank Reaffirms Climate, Gender Focus In Pacific
Anna Bjerde, the World Bank's Managing Director for Operations, in Marrakech, Morocco, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
The World Bank remains committed to addressing climate change and gender equality in the Pacific,…
UN Chief declares fossil fuel era “flailing” as clean energy shift irreversible – Switch News
UNITED NATIONS —United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has declared the global energy shift irreversible, stating that fossil fuels are “flailing and failing” as renewable power surges ahead in cost, efficiency, and…