U.N.: Rising seas pose threat to coastal cities, island nations
With the Earth growing hotter and the oceans becoming warmer, rising sea levels threaten islands and coastal areas.
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With the Earth growing hotter and the oceans becoming warmer, rising sea levels threaten islands and coastal areas.
The departure of three of its junta-led members raises questions about the West African regional bloc's future.
Calls for more debt relief and climate finance dominated the multilateral development bank's annual meeting.
WHO leaders and diplomats signaled they'll push for next week's World Health Assembly to reauthorize another try.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
African leaders say they have a market-based plan to fight human-caused global warming that will spread economic development among millions of people on the continent.
The suspension, a typical reaction to Africa's military coups, bars Niger from voting on the A.U.'s proposals.
African Union and West African regional bloc leaders supported deployment of a standby military force and demanded that Niger's junta release the ousted president.
ECOWAS' 15 nations set an Aug. 6 deadline for Niger's military to restore to power the democratically elected president.
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
As the continent faces a raft of complications, the African Union's ambitious goal of tackling structural root causes and drivers of conflict for sustainable development is in doubt.
Mozambique, which holds the U.N. Security Council's monthly revolving presidency, hosted a discussion on how to strengthen efforts between the United Nations and regional organizations at curbing terrorism and violent extremism.
With 50 million 'a step away from starvation,' humanitarian groups calculate a person dies of hunger every four seconds.
The report blames misinformation, conflicts and wars, lockdowns, supply chain disruptions and diverted resources.
Assassination and unlawful deportations are some of the methods that regimes use against activists and dissidents.