As part of its anti-corruption program, the Governance and Public Administration Division (GPAD) will hold a meeting of anti-corruption officials, assessing how well the national anti-corruption institutions in Africa are ...

Experts recommended that West African States strengthen cross-border cooperation in the energy sector to ensure that renewable energy contributes to wealth creation, economic growth, and poverty reduction during an ad hoc ...

Speaking in the General Assembly Plenary, Lee P. Brown, Director of the united Nations Drug Control Policy, this afternoon stressed the importance of increased support for the United Nations International Drug Control ...

Africa has made significant progress in poverty reduction, primary education, women’s empowerment and in its fight against HIV/AIDS, according to a new report to be released July 15 by the United Nations Economic Commission ...

An appeal has gone out to the world to invest more resources in young people and ensure their human rights in order to promote socio-economic development and growth. Speakers at the Youth forum preceding the African Regional ...

The Youth Pre-event of the ICPD Beyond 2014 African Regional Conference on Population and Development which took place on 24 -25 September concluded with the adoption of various recommendations. The event deliberated on ...

L’évènement préalable sur la jeunesse de la Conférence régionale africaine sur la population et le développement de la CIPD au-delà de 2014 qui a eu lieu les 24 et 25 septembre, a conclu avec l'adoption de plusieurs ...

The capacity building arm of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Institute of Development and Economic Planning (IDEP), announced today in Tunis that it is collaborating with UNDP in designing and teaching a ...

The fourth meeting of the African Learning Group on Poverty Reduction Strategies and the Millennium Development Goals opened in Mombasa, Kenya. The outcome of this meeting will feed into several regional and international ...