A push at the United Nations to secure financing for peace operations led by the African Union won strong backing from China on Tuesday but the United States poured cold water on the proposal. Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast - the three African members of the Security Council - have presented a draft resolution that would allow UN fi ...

Entrepreneurs have an important role to play, even in the poorest countries, the UN's body for trade has told RFI, as African countries marked Africa Industrialisation Day, Tuesday. In its latest report on Least Developed Countries, the UN urges more investment towards start-ups with a real potential for growth. It is very important for policy ...

Presidential hopeful Marc Ravalomanana has lodged over 50 complaints at Madagascar's top court about the conduct of presidential polls to correct irregularities, sources close to his campaign said Tuesday. Neither Ravalomanana nor his arch-rival Andry Rajoelina won the 50 percent of votes required for a first-round victory following the Novemb ...

As representatives of a broad range of African civil society organisations (CSOs), we do not feel represented by the delegations of Nigeria and South Africa, speaking on behalf of African Group, in their attempt to speak on behalf of the people of Africa on the issue of synthetic biology (synbio) and gene drive organisms (GDOs). Throughou ...

The African Union is to try and reduce its dependencey on foreign donors. Speaking at the recent meeting of the African Union, President Paul Kagame stressed he wants to make Africa stronger, which means weaning the AU off foreign contributions. The 55 member states also agreed on imposing sanctions on countries late in paying their membership d ...