Tag: UN Report

UN report sees better prospects for African growth in 2025

January 20, 2025

The UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs predicts an improvement of overall African growth in 2025 to 3.7% from 3.4$, despite global stagnation. "Economic ... Read More

IS-Somalia doubles in size in one year amid growing terror concerns — UN report

November 22, 2024

The Islamic State’s Somali branch is still small but steadily growing, due to in part to what United Nations experts describe as an "influx of ... Read More

UN report reveals widespread job losses across Africa, deepening unemployment crisis

November 3, 2024

A new United Nations report has unveiled a troubling trend in global unemployment, with African nations bearing a disproportionate burden of job losses between 2018 ... Read More

Africa to surpass Asia in hunger by 2030 as global crises bite — UN report

July 31, 2024

The United Nations has predicted, in its annual report on food security and nutrition, that Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the highest ... Read More

UN report accuses Rwandan, Ugandan troops of fighting with M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo

July 10, 2024

As many as 4,000 Rwandan soldiers were reportedly fighting battles alongside the M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with Kigali exercising significant ... Read More

Sahel: exploring nexus between arms and human trafficking — UN report

June 29, 2023

A dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, fueling violence and insecurity in this 6,000-km-wide belt in the middle of Africa, ... Read More

Somalia droughts claimed 43,000 lives in 2022, children most vulnerable — UN report

March 21, 2023

Droughts in Somalia may have killed as many as 43,000 people last year, according to a new report by the Somali government and the United ... Read More

Mali: UN warns of displacement crisis, deepened by al-Qaida and IS-driven insecurity

January 19, 2023

The United Nations Secretary-General has warned of the worsening security situation in central Mali, deepened by Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups that are driving ... Read More

Malian army, Jihadi groups committed massacres — UN report

November 12, 2022

Mali's army and jihadist groups have carried out massacres and hundreds of human rights violations, the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said in a ... Read More

Mali: UN report accuses State Security of obstructing peace process

August 18, 2020

A UN experts' report on Mali is not yet public, but it is already triggering reaction. Unlike previous reports, which focused more on the actions ... Read More