Production at the Mabrouk oil field, about 170 km south of Syrte in central Libya, has resumed at a rate of 5,000 barrels per day, after a 10-year hiatus, the Mabrouk oil operations company, which ope ...

The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receiving HIV treatment amid the threat of a cut in US aid funding ...

Pretoria has welcomed the Malawian court ruling on Wednesday that self- proclaimed prophet Shepherd and his wife, Mary, be extradited to South Africa to face numerous charges including fraud and ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the sixth and final review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with Congo allowing an immediate disbursement of US$43 milli ...

The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain ...

The UN launched a bold new action agenda to boost rights and achieve gender equality at a high-level event on the sidelines of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session at UN Headqua ...

The United Nations is prioritizing reform to ensure it remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the people it serves, Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday, as part of a co ...

Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of youngsters caught up in the illegal practice is likely much higher, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday ...

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe, was on Wednesday re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term ...

As the appeal hearing of Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza has been postponed again, media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has contacted the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expressio ...

The Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid Ellafi, on Tuesday met with a number of ambassadors from Arab and foreign countries on the importance of a partnership with ...

The eighth summit between the leaders of the EU and South Africa will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13 March ...