‘It all starts at home’: global UN forum opens in Cairo to rethink urban development
The Forum is convened biennially by the UN Human Settlements Programme, known as UN-Habitat. This year marks the first time…
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World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo
What is the World Urban Forum? The World Urban Forum (WUF), a major UN conference on sustainable urban development, was…
World News in Brief: Egypt malaria-free, tropical storm lashes Cuba, Mozambique killings, WHO support for South Sudan
“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history and…
As challenges mount across the globe, ‘the world needs the UN’, Egypt says
At the same time, Israel’s brutal aggression against Gaza and its current attacks on the West Bank place shame on…