An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7…
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"This is an exciting time in terms of access to creative works. Top filmmakers in Africa are creating world-class films. There used to be fewer of those, but their numbers are growing now."
Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the…
Billions of people around the world are living in fear of job loss or struggling to find work, as economic instability, conflict, and climate shocks…
Chipo Munsaka explains that her first name means “a gift” in her language. “A gift for conserving wildlife,” the young Zimbabwean adds radiantly. That neatly…
By Vibhu Mishra The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many mpox patients to flee treatment centres,…
A report by the UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reveals that in 2023, 140 women and girls died every…
In low-income and lower-middle-income countries, the number of people unable to afford healthy diets grew from 2019 to 2022
If current trends continue, about 582 million people will be chronically undernourished in 2030, half of them in Africa
Disruptions caused by climate change increase the cost of doing business, undermine competitiveness and dampen employment growth. These disruptions result in lower tax revenue and increased expenditure on disaster relief, health care and social support for affected communities