Nairobi, 27 March 2017-- The capital of United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, will host the Tenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) in 2020. UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, as the convener of WUF, announced the decision on Thursday 23 March 2017 concluding the bidding process for WUF10.

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-Habitat Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos, has informed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, of the decision.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands 24 March 2017-- The government of Solomon Islands has formally launched the Honiara Urban Resilience and Climate Action Plan (HURCAP) to enhance the capital’s resilience to climate change.

Ramadi, 20 March 2017 –UN-Habitat recently handed over 489 housing units in Ramadi that were rehabilitated or installed under the project “Promoting Urban Recovery in Newly Liberated Areas in Iraq”. The project undertaken by UN-Habitat Iraq Programme, was generously funded by the Government of Japan.

Mwanza, Tanzania 20 March 2017-- UN-Habitat and the Government of Tanzania are hosting various activities in Mwanza to commemorate this year’s World Water Day.

Cannes, 16 March 2017 - The success the City Prosperity Initiative (CPI) is reaching new heights with its presentation at the MIPIM, the world's most prestigious real estate event hosting 25,000 participants this week at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. This concretises the engagement of a new type of partner in the initiative and a key stakeholder engaged in delivering cities.

A lot was happening in Mlango Kubwa’s football pitch last week. Mlango Kubwa is a ward in the Mathare informal settlement in Kenya. Mathare has approximately 500,000 residence; Mango Kubwa itself has approximately 50,000 residents of which 70% of the population is 24 and under.

After its inauguration by the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, it became the centerpiece of Design Thinking workshop organized to give it a sustainable make-over.

Seville, 15 Match 2017-- More than 30 international experts on urban planning, finance and legal aspects of urbanization and policy experts participated in the Global Experts Group Meeting (EGM) "Planning Compact Cities: Exploring the possibilities and limits of densification”,

Nairobi, 15 March 2017—UN-Habitat recentlylaunched a new Project under its Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) on ‘pro-poor planning for climate resilience in marginalized neighbourhoods’.

Nairobi, 14 March 2017-- Mayors, vice-mayors, decision makers and policy makers of cities and local governments are invited to apply for the 7th Shelter Academy organized by Arcadis and UN Habitat. This year’s Shelter Academy will take place from the 4th until the 8th of September 2016 in the Netherlands.

Making the announcement, UN-Habitat said that this is a high-level workshop addressed to local officials and senior-level policy and decision makers focusing on cities and climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Kabul, Afghanistan 9 March 2017 – Kabul Mayor Abdullah Habibzai has launched the ground activities for citywide cleaning, greening and beautification services in Nahias 1 and 2. These activities are part of the Clean and Green Cities Programme which will implement area-based upgrading and citywide services in Kabul. The programme is a labour intensive services delivery aimed at stimulating and creating jobs in the market. The event was organized at the Kabul Municipality.