Nearly 400 headquarters posts to move to Bonn and Madrid, UNDP has said, amidst ongoing UN reforms and operational restructuring.
China now hosts 278 of 819 global gazelle startups, highlighting rapid growth in biotech, semiconductors and artificial intelligence sectors worldwide.
Falling global cocoa prices are pushing Ivorian farmers into hardship, leaving harvests unsold and livelihoods increasingly uncertain across key producing regions.
Rising floodwaters have displaced hundreds of thousands, cut vital transport links, and deepened an urgent humanitarian crisis across southern and central Mozambique.
Africa increasingly must finance its own development. Zimbabwe’s Mutapa Fund exemplifies sovereign wealth funds driving industrial transformation and economic self-reliance.
Survivors recounted being subjected to gang rape in El-Fasher while fleeing violence, as male relatives were killed in front of them.
Families have resorted to stuffing soft toys into windows to block freezing cold, while children’s lives remain consumed by survival.
Heavy rains forced the evacuation of hundreds of tourists and staff from Kruger National Park, which suffered extensive flood damage.
Rescue teams worked through the night in Córdoba, searching wrecked carriages for survivors as Spain mourned victims of its worst rail disaster in years.
China met its 2025 growth target as strong exports lifted the economy, helping offset weak domestic demand, slowing investment, and ongoing challenges in the property sector.
