Funding a better future for all: 5 things to know about the Financing for Development Forum

Funding a better future for all: 5 things to know about the Financing for Development Forum

There are so many conflicts, humanitarian disasters, extreme weather events and economic upheavals taking place in the world, that a new word is being used to describe the current state of affairs: the “polycrisis”. The word appeared in 2022, a year that began with tentative hopes that the global economy would begin to recover from…

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Guterres calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts

Guterres calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Sudan, as death toll mounts

“I strongly condemn the outbreak of fighting that is taking place in Sudan and appeal to the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RAF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to immediately cease hostilities, restore calm, and begin a dialogue to resolve the crisis,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday. Following the deaths of…

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