The future financial sector regulator staff is an AI engineer, a data scientist, a blockchain expert, or some other type of expert typically unseen in the couloirs of central banks and financial authorities. That was, at least, a takeaway from the literature review CGAP recently completed for a project analyzing the future of financial sector […]
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Eastern Airways has suspended all flights and filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator, marking a potential end to the UK regional airline’s 28-year operation amid mounting financial pressure. Sudden Halt to Operations On 27 October 2025, UK regional carrier Eastern Airways announced the immediate suspension of all flights, citing severe financial strain. […]
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Briefing at UN Headquarters in New York – the first time the mission has presented findings to the General Assembly – chairperson Sara Hossain said that conditions have deteriorated since the Israeli airstrikes, which reportedly killed over 1,000 people. According to Iranian Government figures, 276 civilians, including 38 children and 102 women, were among the […]
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a sweeping re-election victory amid widespread criticism over the exclusion of key opposition candidates, triggering allegations of establishing a one party state and deadly protests, raising concerns about democratic backsliding in East Africa’s second-largest economy. Landslide Victory Amid Political Repression President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s first female head […]
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On 6 October 2025, the EU and Denmark co-organised a Senior officials meeting (SOM) on the Sahel and Lake Chad. The objective of the meeting, which was held in hybrid format from Dakar (Senegal) and hosted 164 participants was twofold: to validate a shared diagnosis of issues at stake in the region (Benin, Burkina Faso, […]
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Torrential rain, storm surges, and landslides caused by the hurricane have left a trail of destruction across the region, with homes flattened, roads and bridges washed away, and vast areas still without power or Internet access and other telecommunications. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said that aid supplies are on the way and that […]
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When a hurricane strikes, the first images we see are of roofs ripped off, trees uprooted and streets turned into rivers. But the psychological toll is just as real, and it often lasts far longer than the physical damage. In countries such as Jamaica, each storm hits communities that are already vulnerable, disrupting sleep, hope […]
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The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping humanitarian emergencies. “Across the central Sahel, people are being driven from their homes by violence, insecurity, and the devastating effects of climate change,” said Abdouraouf Gnon-Kondé, Regional Director for West and […]
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held her first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on 31 October 2025, affirming a shared commitment to building a constructive and stable bilateral relationship grounded in strategic mutual interests. Diplomatic Engagement at APEC Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Xi Jinping met in Gyeongju, South Korea, on the sidelines […]
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Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the UN human rights office has received “horrendous accounts of summary executions, mass killings, rapes, attacks against humanitarian workers, looting, abductions and forced displacement,” said Seif Magango, spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR). Speaking from Nairobi to journalists in […]
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