The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) works with the UN system to advance sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. The ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York gathered young people from ...

The Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Mrs Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, opened a three-day regional technical conference on Human Capital Development (HCD) in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday 8 May ...

The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous contribution of £3 million (USD 3.7 million) from the United Kingdom to the El Niño response appeal in Malawi. This critical support promptly ...

The Office of the President has today announced the appointment of the new Board of the Seychelles Revenue Commission. Mr Chrystold Chetty has been re-appointed as the Chairperson.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in terms of Section 98 of the Constitution, appointed Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation Mr Senzo Mchunu as Acting Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural ...

The second annual Invest in African Energy (IAE) forum opened in Paris on Tuesday, with OPEC and petroleum ministers from the Republic of Congo and Gabon adopting a unified stance on a just energy ...

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Dr. Eric Kehinde Ogunleye, a seasoned macroeconomist, as Director of the African Development Institute (apo-opa.co/4cjzZUN), effective June 1, ...

In a strategic move to bolster leadership within government administration, Dr. Hala El Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, convened a crucial meeting with Dr. Ali El Mallagi, ...

Consider this paradox: Nigeria has achieved the largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa, but 45%, or about 85 million, of its residents still live without electricity. Across Sub-Saharan Africa, that ...

The Health Development Partnership for Africa and the Caribbean (HeDPAC), a new initiative to strengthen South-South health cooperation between Africa and the Caribbean, was launched today. The ...

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke by phone with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. The two leaders discussed the regional situation, especially in the Gaza Strip. They reviewed the ...

West Africa, a region pulsating with cultural diversity and abundant natural resources, faces a critical hurdle to its socio-economic development: a substantial infrastructure gap. Despite recent ...