New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and humanitarian crises as countries prepare for pivotal elections in 2025, the UN special envoy for the vast region told ambassadors in the Security Council on Friday.Leonardo Santos Simão highlighted upcoming [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund – the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's concessional financing window – has approved a grant of $9.42 million to Madagascar to implement climate resilience through the Preservation of Biodiversity in National Parks Project.The grant, agreed on [...] Full text...

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Saturday condemned the recent bombardment of a World Food Programme (WFP) compound in the Blue Nile region near the border with Ethiopia that left three workers dead.In a statement issued on Saturday, the United Nations acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for [...] Full text...