The World Bank Group has expanded its lifeline to countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing small, vulnerable states to postpone loan and interest repayments after a catastrophic event— ...

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) on Tuesday issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for countries to achieve ambitious ...

In a new report presented at COP29 on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said climate change has become a growing threat to people already fleeing war, violence and persecution, UN News reported ...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level South African delegation is attending COP29 which is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan until 22 November ...

Three UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for lifesaving support in Nigeria, where record inflation, climate shocks and ongoing conflicts are projected to push the number of food insecure people to 33 mil ...

People from civil society, academia and the arts from the African continent and its global diasporas, are gathering in Berlin, Germany, at the Dekoloniale Berlin Conference 2024, to mark the 140th ann ...

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangement ...

The lingering effects of drought have hit Zambia\'s economic landscape harder than anticipated, with reduced agricultural output and electricity shortages impacting economic activity widely ...

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries affected by climate ...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced the sanctioning of a leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for perpetuating the civil war in the East ...

The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries pushes the country further into chaos, the UN’s top political affairs official told the Security Counci ...

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Tom Perriello, has condemned reports that civilians were not only shot at and killed, but were sometimes subjected to such practices as ...