All people in South Sudan, regardless of their ethnic affiliation, must unite towards creating a national identify, the head of the United Nations mission there urged today, underscoring the potential...
With nearly half the population in the Central African Republic (CAR) in need of humanitarian assistance, some $400 million is required over the coming year to shore up relief efforts that will be cri...
More than 300 artists and performers showcased the wealth of Ethiopia’s intangible cultural heritage in Addis Ababa on Sunday ahead of today’s opening of the 11th session of the United Nations Int...
Five winners have each received EUR 10,000 to help them develop their businesses.
With over two million Ukrainians displaced from their homes after two and a half years of conflict, UNHCR and local partners are helping the most vulnerable survive freezing temperatures.
Syrian Arab Republic, 27 November, 2016 – Despite the escalating violence across the country, Syrian children are doing whatever they can to live normal childhoods, even if it means going undergroun...
European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 25 November 2016 EU cooperation with Madagascar What is the current political and economic situation in Madagascar? The European Union is a key partner to Ma...
New camps open their doors as others fill up, with efforts ongoing to protect displaced families from freezing temperatures.
European Commission - Statement Brussels, 24 November 2016 Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and S...
European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 24 November 2016 What do Europeans think about violence against women? According to the Eurobarometer survey on gender-based violence published today, almost...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to generate billions of dollars in sales for clothing and other products this year. But this shopping bonanza also generates greater volumes of waste than ev...
For centuries, Indigenous Peoples have been fighting to protect their lands and secure their rights in the face of colonisation, environmental destruction and violence. Today – with looming global e...
Pasco, Perú. Esta comunidad de los Andes parece distinguirse por tener muchos hitos: a 4,380 metros de altura, es la más alta del Perú y una de las más antiguas del país. Cuna de la milenaria cul...
MUBANGA, Burundi, 22 November 2016 – “My life has been so hard. I have been living in fear all the time. Since the beginning of the previous war in 1993, me and my family had to move from one hous...
PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone, 21 November 2016 - Nurse Kabiru Kargbo knows what to do. As soon as his health facility receives a delivery of supplies he pulls out his mobile phone and gets ready to report....
At the beginning of the month we launched a petition to ask Samsung to reuse or recycle materials from 4.3 million Galaxy Note7 phones following its global recall in October.Since then the story has b...
Last week the world changed with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. In Marrakesh this week the first Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1) had intended to c...
© Andrea Borgarello/World Bank El año pasado, más de 100 países incorporaron medidas relacionadas con el cambio del uso del suelo y los bosques en sus contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional ...
After resigning from Panama’s official effort to clean up its financial sector, Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and transparency expert Mark Pieth have come out with their own independ...
También disponible en: Inglés En anteriores blogs nos hemos referido a la poca atención que se le presta a la gestión de lodos fecales (GLF) y presentamos herramientas para abordar los desafíos d...
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When Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti on 5 October, the fields where crops were grown were washed away; houses were flattened like cardboard boxes and hundreds of people were killed. The number of dead ...
Let’s face it: nobody really enjoys conferences. In theory, they give spread-out communities a chance to come together and engage in fierce debates and trenchant learning about important issues. But...
Domestic violence has long been a leading cause of homelessness for women and children. Let's change that.
En 2015, Canadá y el BID reflejan años de colaboración
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La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.