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Monrovia, Liberia – The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning will this weekend host a three-day Strategic Planning Retreat in Margibi County, aimed at charting a renewed course for effective service delivery and institutional reform.

Washington DC : The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, held a high-level productive meeting with the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Bo Li.

Monrovia, Liberia -The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) has officially commenced the Executive Budget Hearings for the Fiscal Year 2026, engaging ministries, agencies, and commissions (MACs) as part of the national budget formulation process.

Harbel City, Margibi County — The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has called for decisive and coordinated action among Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to meet the July 2027 target for the launch of the Eco single currency.

About half of children under 5 in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition as poor rains and rising costs drive up hunger levels, with risk of famine announced for the first time in four years, Save the Children said. New data from the global hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), showed that over 1.88 million children aged 6–59 months are suffering from acute malnutrition, including 493,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a 2% increase since data in February. In addition, over 6 million people, or one in three people, are now experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity with over 1.9 million people facing emergency levels of food insecurity, sig

Veld fires continue to damage ecosystems and rural livelihoods, making early preparedness more urgent as conditions grow hotter and drier. Against this backdrop, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with support from the Government of Canada launched the three-year Integrated Fire Management ‘Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange and Global Indigenous Fire Network’ project in the context of Zimbabwe’s 2026 National Fire Week, reinforcing a shift from reactive firefighting to more coordinated, prevention-led and risk-informed fire management. “This reflects the confidence that the international community places in our country’s commitment to environmental prot

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warn that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to face one of the world’s largest and most severe hunger crises. Today, over 26.5 million people—nearly one in four Congolese—are struggling to meet their basic food needs, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis update. Among them, more than 3.6 million people are in emergency conditions, facing critical food shortages that threaten their survival without urgent assistance. Although the latest projections show a slight improvement compared to previous estimates, the sit

Burkina Faso and Germany agreed to strengthen cooperation on AI in higher education during talks in Ouagadougou The Burkina Institute of Technology will host an AI day to promote digital skills and technology careers among young Burkinabè The initiative aims to better align education with labour market needs as ...

Mauritania has started consultations to overhaul a labor code that has remained unchanged for more than 20 years. Authorities aim to modernize labor regulations while balancing investor competitiveness and worker protections. Informal employment accounts for 84% of jobs in Mauritania, while youth unemployment ...

Uganda plans to issue its first sovereign sukuk to finance part of a $3.16 billion standard gauge railway project linking Kampala to the Kenyan border. Islamic bonds will cover 15% of project costs, while export credit agencies and development finance institutions will provide the remaining funding. Uganda replaced Chinese contractor ...