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Reversing youth unemployment curve in Africa
Unemployment is a major problem in Africa. According to the World Bank, youth represent 60% of all unemployed. Many people believe that this "time bomb" must be transformed into a development... Read more
African youths call for development goals taking into account their empowerment, sexual health
Dakar (Senegal) More than 500 young leaders from over 50 countries in Africa and the Americas and Europe Diaspora have made commitments and... Read more
Developing human capital to address youth unemployment in Africa
Economic growth noted in several African countries in the last decades is misleading because it is neither inclusive nor sustainable. African... Read more
Promoting women and girl’s empowerment in Mauritania
Nouakchott (Mauritania) The development of a nation depends on the investment in the education of women and girls as such UNFPA will continue to... Read more
UNFPA Executive Director on working visit to Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania: Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations... Read more
UN resumes food aid after machete attacks forced three-week halt
Bangui, Central African Republic- The United Nations on Tuesday 7th January resumed food aid for some 100,000 displaced people in the airport in... Read more
UNFPA makes sure pregnant IDPs deliver safely in CAR
Bangui, Central African Republic- The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA has donated reproductive health and clean and safe delivery essentials,... Read more
UNFPA sends emergency support staff to CAR
Bangui, CAR- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) West and Central Africa Regional Office has deployed a high-level and technical emergency... Read more
Aid agencies need US$152 million for CAR crisis
The United Nations is appealing for US$152 million to scale up aid organisations’ priority response in multiple sectors, from now until April 2013,... Read more
UN chief appeals to Central African people to end bloodshed
New York, United States: The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, made a personal radio appeal to the citizens of the Central African... Read more