[allAfrica] Africa is on the brink of achieving a major victory over deadly diseases that have plagued its population for generations. With increased access to medical care, improved healthcare infrastructure, and a renewed focus on disease eradicati...

[IPS] Porto-Novo, Benin -- This upcoming weekend, on May 28, we are commemorating World Hunger Day. The day serves as a reminder that more than 800 million people around the world are living with hunger and malnutrition. That number is staggering, bu...

[IMF] Washington, DC: On May 17, 2023, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed the Second Review of Benin's Fund-supported program. The 42-month blended EFF/ECF, approved on July 8, 2022 (see PR 22/252 ), seeks to help Benin ...

[WHO] WHO has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in WHO's African Region to achieve this significant milestone. Countries that previously received WHO validatio...

[Africa Renewal] The country's young people are chasing their entrepreneurial dreams amid a digitalization boom powered by e-government tools developed by UNCTAD