South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Thursday said there is no need to panic about the reported cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China ...

The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting that the Ministry of Health reports that over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed there since October 2023, most of them ...

The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has congratulated Joseph Aoun who was on Thursday elected the country’s President ...

A month since the fall of the Assad regime, more than 125,000 refugees have returned to Syria “full of hope after years of exile”, only to find themselves confronted by desperate conditions, UN humani ...

The World Bank\'s Board of Executive Directors discussed a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Namibia, which outlines the Bank’s strategy in the country for FY2025 to FY2029 ...

The United States and Mauritania have signed a landmark $27 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Programme agreement designed to build Mauritania’s capacity in inclu ...

Nelson Mandela’s grandson is expected to appear in a Johannesburg court on Friday after being arrested at the former world statesman’s upmarket home ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has named Eric Chelle as the new head coach of the senior national team the Super Eagles, tasking him with steering the team toward qualification for the 2026 FIF ...

Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has appealed to President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to halt any plans to execute people under in the must immediate ...

The World Bank\'s beverage price index increased by 18 percent in December, following surges in coffee and cocoa prices amid renewed supply concerns ...

UN teams in Gaza have carried out a rapid needs assessment in two makeshift sites in Deir Al-Balah following a recent airstrike, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday ...

The 2024 Financing Flows and Food Crises report from the Global Network Against Food Crises – which includes the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - reveals a troubling disconnection between ...