Europe's mixed progress toward U.N. goals
Air pollution levels exceed recommended health limits in all but 10 mainly European countries, but most lowered carbon emissions and expanded forest cover.
U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
A.U. seeks new ways of 'silencing the guns'
A.U. leaders pledged to devote more resources to mediating an end to regional violence from a surge in civil wars and conflicts among warring groups.
Organizations lose 46 in Ethiopia jet crash
The U.N. and other international organizations mourned the loss of 46 staff in a crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed all 157 people aboard.
African migration seen as economic boost
African migration could trigger big new economic benefits for origin and destination countries, UNCTAD reported. Most migrants move within the continent.