Belize City, 18 May 2017 – Officials meeting in Belize’s largest city have unveiled an updated masterplan for Belmopan, the country’s capital, based on good urban practice and design that will shape development of the city over the coming years.

--Faced with the challenges of youth living on edge of poverty, the government of Rwanda has stepped up and hosted the Transform Africa Summits. This series of summits seeks to advance technological innovation across Africa, through focusing on unlocking the innovation of youth in jobs and technology with the goal of improving their and their communities lives.

Gondar 16 May 2017 The 7th Ethiopian Urban Forum brought together 850 participants, including officials from the federal and regional level, city mayors, urban practitioners and the academia, who held insightful debates over the theme: “Sustainable Urban Development and Good Governance for Renaissance”.

Nairobi, 12 May 2017 - The 2016-17 World Habitat Awards winning projects received their trophy at the twenty-sixth session of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat at the United Nations office in Nairobi, Kenya on May 08, 2017. A Roof, A Skill, A Market in West Africa and More than Housing in Switzerland were selected as winners of this prestigious award.

Nairobi, 10 May 2017-- UN-Habitat and National Training Service-SENA (a public institution assigned to the Colombian Ministry of Labor in charge to provide social and technical training), today signed a historic agreement to offer training former youth combatants.

Nairobi, 10 May 2017—Cameroon will host the second International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU-II) in December this year, it was announced Tuesday.

At a press conference held on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat, ICCCASU co-president Alioune Badiane said this would be the second such meeting, building up on the first one held from 23-25 October 2015 in Ottawa, Canada.

Nairobi, 10 May 2017—A new USD 11 million has been secured for the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme to empower African, Caribbean and Pacific countries transform the living conditions of slum dwellers.

Erbil, 7 May 2017- The government of Japan has extended an extra USD 9.7 million to UN-Habitat to address the shelter needs for those affected by the ongoing crisis in Iraq.

Nairobi 9 May 2017-- The 26th Session of the UN-Habitat Governing Council provided the perfect opportunity for the 2nd Gender Forum. The Gender Forum brings together women and men passionate about sustainable development, gender equality and women’s empowerment. This year the theme was ‘Achieving Gender Equality in a Fast Urbanizing World.’

Nairobi, 8 May 2017—The 26th Governing Council of UN-Habitat opened in Nairobi with President Uhuru Kenyatta calling for the agency’s empowerment.

Some 650 delegates representing governments, partners and stakeholders are already accredited and are attending the Governing Council.