The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today condemned a recent upsurge in deadly attacks in the eastern territories linked to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected remarks made by former President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, challenging the legitimacy of his country's democratic institutions.
MDRC’s research shows how the learning environment provided by New York City’s small public high schools – a rigorous, relevant curriculum combined with a personalized focus and emphasis on deve...
The African Sahel region needs more resources, more joint action and faster ways to deal with the structural challenges, like climate change, and successes on peace processes in Darfur, northern Mali ...
When it comes to evaluation, teachers would prefer submitting videotapes of their best lessons rather than having their principals drop in, conspicuously, on their class. But it turns out that many pr...
Al celebrarse el Día Mundial de la Alimentación, he aquí un dato que da que pensar: demasiados habitantes en el mundo sufren hambre. Una de cada nueve personas(i) sufre hambre crónica, más de 100...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A Bahraini rights activist jailed for ripping up a photo of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in court on October 14, 2014, should be released immediately, Human Rights Wa...
Between production, packaging, transport and cooking, the things we eat can have a massive impact on the earth. Luckily, they're also some of the easiest habits to change. Here are the first steps to ...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement refers to a citizens’ blockade of major roads in Hong Kong’s Admiralty, Mongkok, and Causeway Bay districts since September 29, 2014....
European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 October 2014 Today's World Food Day is an opportunity to reflect on how European Union aid is alleviating the world's greatest solvable problem: hunger. As w...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court sentenced a prominent Shia cleric to death on October 15, 2014. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was convicted on a host of vague charge...
Today's hashtag #WFD2014 marks the day that the world dedicates to food and nutrition. We are celebrating World Food Day with Ida Frosk's Food Art.Of course, it's easy to celebrate food and its variet...
UNHCR and the LEGO Foundation run a programme to help traumatized children like Mohammad rediscover confidence and the joy of playing with others.
La reforma de la Ley Orgánica 1/2014 llevada a cabo en 2014 obstaculiza gravemente el acceso a la justicia española para las víctimas de los crímenes más graves como genocidio, crímenes de guerr...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Agence de Médecine Préventive as the 2014 Gates Vaccine Innovation Award winner for EPIVAC, an on-the-job training program for district medical officers...
15 Octubre 2014 Hace unas semanas: un campo de mandioca del distrito de Bo, Sierra Leona. Hoy: una ciudad de tiendas, incongruentes como una nave espacial entre la maleza que la rodea. Los tres herman...
UNHCR chief António Guterres says children make up half of the world's refugees. In the region, a child is forced to flee their country every minute.
Why are Nordic countries seen as having lower levels of public sector corruption than other European countries? What experiences do these countries have in fighting corruption, and what can weaker per...
The town's residents fled to Ramadi, Khaldiya, Hadithat, Rawa, Ana, Amiryah Rahaliya and other places in Anbar province, as well as Kerbala and Baghdad.
ABUJA, Nigeria, 13 October, 2014– When the recent outbreak of Ebola virus was first reported in Nigeria, Nne Orji was one of many Nigerians who took baths in saltwater, believing that it would help ...
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Transparency International chapters and partner organisations used the International Right to Know day to petition governments to put access to information hig...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 11 October 2014 The European Commission announced this Friday new development funding of €1.4 billion to Afghanistan for the period 2014-2020. The funds w...
Contar con un documento de identidad es parte de la vida en una sociedad moderna y la clave para tener acceso a servicios públicos, cuentas bancarias y empleos. ¿Pero cómo deberían los países en ...
PATHAI, South Sudan, 10 October 2014 – The remoteness of Cuaca’s new home makes it a hard place to raise her three children. There are no roads, markets, hospitals or schools. Two of the four well...
El cantante nigeriano D'banj tenía al público de pie, tomando fotos con iPhones, moviendo las caderas y agitando los brazos, mientras cantaba su exitosa canción “Top of the World” en el primer ...
10 Octubre 2014 Dalal y Malikan nos cuentan sus testimonios como desplazadas en Irak, donde la violencia sigue conduciendo a miles y miles de personas lejos de su casa e impide la distribución de una...
10 Octubre 2014 A raíz de una nueva oleada de casos de Ébola en la capital de Guinea, Conakry, el centro de tratamiento de Ébola de MSF se está acercando a los límites de su capacidad. Centro de ...
European Commission Press release Brussels, 10 October 2014 European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will sign today the National Indicative Programmes (NIP) for development cooperation...
NEW YORK, United States of America, 9 October 2014 – The theme this year for Day of the Girl is ‘Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence’. To mark the day, this edition of Chan...
En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.
La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.
El BID apoya la reestructuración y ampliación del aeropuerto internacional más grande de Costa Rica.