UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million total.

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UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

COP25: ‘Signals of hope’ multiplying in face of global climate crisis, insists UN's Guterres

01 Dec 2019

The UN Secretary-General has outlined the “increased ambition and commitment” that the world needs from governments during the coming days of the COP25 UN climate change conference which opens in Madrid on Monday, calling for “accountability, responsibility and leadership” to end the global climate crisis. 

Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns

30 May 2023

A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to a new UN-supported report.

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP

07 Feb 2023

A lack of job opportunities is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report released by the UN Development Programme on Tuesday.