The next UN secretary-general will take charge of an institution under pressure to restore its influence, tackle financial challenges and adapt to a changing world.
READ MORESergey Lavrov praised the government in Kabul as he spoke at a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, adding that Moscow is interested in helping the country bolster counter-terrorism measures.
In Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the consequences of armed conflict continue to weigh heavily on children. For some, violence, displacement and separation from their families have left deep and difficult-to-measure scars.
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a landmark $637 million deal to build a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility for a European client operating in Mozambique,reinforci
Morocco’s OCP Group has commissioned the country’s longest water pipeline,a 203-kilometer engineering marvel transporting desalinated water from the Atlantic coast to inland phosphate min
Morocco’s National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has launched a major digital transformation of its Damancom employer portal,introducing new authentication methods to enhance security and streaml
Africa’s trade is poised to hit a record $1.5 trillion in 2025,driven by accelerating regional integration and improved infrastructure,according to projections from the IMF and Afreximbank — yet ec
On Tuesday,July 22,2025,the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a grave warning that it may be compelled to reduce food rations in South Sudan as early as September due to critical f
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Opposition parties in KwaZulu-Natal have called for an urgent probe into Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka after allegations of tender rigging and political interference in tender processes surfaced.
A sweeping shift in the European Union’s migration policy is drawing fierce criticism across Africa,as the EU proposes linking development aid to countries’ cooperation on border control and deport
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,Karim Badawi,has affirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring a stable and sustainable supply of natural gas this summer,particular
Portugal,an Atlantic nation with centuries-old ties to many countries in Africa,has backed in clear-cut terms Morocco’s initiative to facilitate access to global trade for landlocked Sahel states.
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