Least developed countries
Refugees Face ‘acute Crisis’ In Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh
Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone damaged or destroyed thousands of homes...
Doctor In Sudan Who Treats Up To 750,000 People Wins Global Humanity Award
A surgeon, who is the only permanent doctor for 750,000 people, has been honoured for performing more than 1,000...
Travel Difficulties Impeding ECOWAS Integration – Umaru Fofana
West Africa’s dire travel situation remains a major impediment to the Economic Community of West African States’...
Travel Difficulties Impeding ECOWAS Integration
West Africa’s dire travel situation remains a major impediment to the Economic Community of West African States’...
Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims
Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...
Ghana Export Promotion Authority Targets $4 Billion In 2017
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is targeting $4 billion in non-traditional export (NTEs) earnings for 2017....
East African Leaders Press EU To Lift Burundi Sanctions
The presidents of Tanzania and Uganda called Saturday on the EU to lift sanctions on Burundi, but a diplomatic for the...
Ethiopia Reports Huge Revenue In Power Supply Over Last 10 Months
Ethiopia says it has earned over $165m in revenue for sale of electric power over the last 10 months. Out of the...
UN Wants More Than $1bn To Help With South Sudan
Neighbouring countries are struggling to cope with the refugees crossing over from South Sudan UN aid agencies are...
South Sudanese Refugees Need $1.4 Bn This Year
The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two...
One Million Child Refugees
Over two million children displaced following South Sudan civil war More than one million children have fled South...
South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million
War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the...
The Mekong Middlemen Running Drugs Across Asia
Compared to their ultra-violent Central and Latin American cousins, the drug dealers of Southeast Asia's Golden...
Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks...
Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end...
Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million
The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...
Britain Sending 400 Troops To Join UN’s S.Sudan Force
About 400 British soldiers will join the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan in the next weeks in one of Britain's...
French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest
France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured...
UN Calls For Halt To South Sudan Fighting
The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new...