Author: Samuel Ohene

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on G20 leaders to address the urgent issue of global hunger, which affected one in 11 people worldwide over the past year. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Guterres described hunger and poverty as “shameful injustices” and urged the world’s leading economies to mobilize finance, strengthen global investments, and enhance the global financial safety net. “Today I urged G20 leaders to help correct the shameful injustice of hunger & poverty,” he wrote, emphasizing the importance of collective action in tackling food insecurity and its underlying causes. The statement comes amid growing concerns…

One in four people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffers from “crisis or worse” levels of hunger that affect a staggering 25,6 million people, reports UN agencies. The conflict in eastern DRC has disrupted vital agriculture production and the growth of essential infrastructure. This is a crisis fueled by shifting armed group dynamics and resource struggles, and exacerbated by deep-rooted geopolitical tensions. As a result, more than 6.5 million people are now displaced in the three eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu. The situation is particularly concerning after decades of fighting that includes around 100 armed groups – including the…

he World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after President Donald Trump announced he was withdrawing the U.S. from the agency, the WHO’s chief told staff in an internal memo seen by Reuters. Trump made the move on the first day of his second term in office on Monday, accusing the U.N. health agency of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. “This announcement has made our financial situation more acute…,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the memo dated Jan. 23. It said the WHO planned to significantly reduce travel expenditure and…

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) takes place from 20-24 January in Davos, Switzerland. Here’s a look at what can be expected at this year’s meeting. Davos is welcoming global leaders for the World Economic Forum 2025 this week with the meeting convening under the title Collaboration for the Intelligent Age. Discussions will span geo-economic uncertainty, AI, reimagining growth and safeguarding the planet, among other topics. Some 3,000 leaders are expected to attend from over 130 countries. Around 350 governmental leaders, including 60 heads of states and government, from all key regions, will also be in the mountain…