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Winners’ Week for The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2016 continues, with three action-packed days already completed and just one...

What more can we do to tackle the challenge of climate change? Is it possible to reverse its impact? Leading scientists and climate...

NAIROBI, Kenya — With a stroke of his pen, President Uhuru Kenyatta spared the lives of thousands of prisoners on Kenya’s death row on...

The Global Youth Development Index measures progress on youth development in 183 countries, including 49 of the 52 Commonwealth...

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to one of the largest, fastest growing youth populations in the world. But this “youth bulge” could hurt...

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said: “I have received news that the Maldives Government has today decided to leave the...

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games, like its predecessors, was a vivid reminder of the rich diversity of the Commonwealth family, bringing...

Peace-building will be the Commonwealth’s theme for 2017, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland announced today. The theme informs events...

Our specialist trade policy support ‘invaluable’ in Post-Brexit landscape, says Secretary-General Scotland We are ready to support...

‘This lifts our hopes that the agreement will soon enter into force’ – Secretary-General India has become the latest Commonwealth nation...

The first national inquiry into family violence in Samoa was announced by the country’s ombudsman at this week’s Commonwealth Women’s...

History informs today's immigration. How does a tribe live with the foreigner? Treat them too badly, and they won’t come. Treat them too...

Tackling the issues facing women and girls should be at the heart of all the internationally-agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

See the CBC interview following the Secretary-General’s attendance at Canada’s “Leave no one behind” event at the UN General Assembly in...

Youth Work Week is an annual initiative by the Commonwealth Secretariat that highlights the contribution and achievements of youth work,...

It's painfully clear that our culture is unfortunately designed around consumption of disposable things, whether it's fashionor...

39 delegates, made up of postgraduate and final year undergraduate students from 14 Commonwealth countries, participated in a challenging...

The 15th Meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers (CFAMM) will take place in New York on the 22 September 2016. On Thursday 22...

Human rights are an integral part of the values and principles of the Commonwealth as espoused in the Commonwealth Charter. The role of...

The Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland has warned the world's development goals won't be achieved unless there's attention...