The United Nations does not have search and rescue capabilities in Afghanistan and Turkey is "best positioned" to provide it following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a senior U.N. aid official said.
From the end of May, Ivory Coast and Ghana will publish every month the premium paid by chocolate-makers and cocoa merchants for high-quality cocoa in a bid to achieve a minimum floor price for the benefit of farmers, a joint statement said on Tuesday.
Japan should stop funding the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh as the emissions it produces will accelerate global warming and put the low-lying country at greater risk of climate-change impacts, youth activists said on Friday.
Buyout funds including KKR and Permira are lining up preliminary bids worth up to 2 billion euros ($2.24 billion) for Spain's IVI-RMA, sources told Reuters, amid growing demand for companies offering fertility treatment in Europe.
At least 30 passengers on a bus in Nigeria's Sokoto state were burnt to death when gunmen torched it on Tuesday, police and residents said, in yet another reminder of growing insecurity in Africa's most populous country.