Landmark report highlights untapped potential of Africa’s film industry
Africa’s film and audiovisual industries could create over 20 million jobs and contribute $20 billion to the continent’s combined Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the...
Iran concerned by Israel presence in Caucasus, will not accept
Iran’s foreign minister has ringed the alarm about Israel’s presence in the Caucasus, stressing Tehran will not tolerate a geopolitical change in the region. “The...
In Barbados, UN Secretary General Guterres highlights power of ‘youth voices’ ahead of key trade and development conference
The UN secretary-general on Oct. 3 said he was committed to ensuring that the organization is a place where “youth voices are heard, and...
French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
PARIS—Victims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Oct. 5 after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France...
Questions about EU, World Bank, IMF ties with Sudan
Davoe Malpass recently landed in Khartoum, the first visit for a World Bank president to Sudan in more than 50 years, announced Prime Minister...
Sudan downplays progress in Israel ties, dismiss plans for Israeli embassy in Khartoum
Eleven months after Sudan agreed to normalize relations with Israel, the country’s foreign minister has played down progress in building ties with the regime,...
Canada’s Catholic Church apologizes ‘unequivocally’ to indigenous peoples for school abuses
Canada’s Catholic bishops have issued a public apology to indigenous people for a century of grave abuse and suffering at church-run residential schools. In a...
DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency’s response to an Ebola outbreak in...
UN food systems confab draws fire from food activists
(GIN)—The first-ever UN Food Systems Summit saw nearly 300 commitments from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world and across all constituencies...
President Raeisi talks face-to-face with southwestern Iranian nomads, promises to resolve their problems
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has promised to resolve problems faced by Iranian nomads, in particular water shortages, upon visiting southwestern regions of the country...