A multi-agency approach employing a variety of techniques coupled with a greater local engagement is reducing malaria in Senegal, writes Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor.

Funding from an Islamic bank will help develop agriculture in poor countries, a UN food agency said ahead of a summit to discuss the goal of reducing the number of hungry people in the world.

International donors today pledged $7.6bn (€5.9bn) in aid and loans for Lebanon’s US-backed prime minister and his economic reform programme for the war-scarred country.

Countries and other donors told the United Nations today they were pledging an additional £300m (€440m) for Pakistani earthquake victims, but UN officials said it was unclear how much was going to combined emergency relief efforts.