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Germaine Tuyisenge Müller, Global Health Researcher, Author, Educator and Survivor, speaks during the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at UNHQ, in New York.

Peace and Security

It was just words until it wasn’t: A survivor’s call to counter hate speech before it’s too late

Peace & Security On the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, survivor Germaine Tuyisenge Müller reflects on how words fueled Rwanda’s darkest chapter—and why today’s growing wave of hate speech must be challenged with urgency, education, and empathy.

A student.

Restoring Africa’s knowledge sovereignty is key to sustainable development

Social Protection Epistemic injustice happens when a people’s way of knowing, teaching and understanding the world are sidelined, discredited, or erased.

Maria Sábado Horta Fidalgo, known to everyone as Mãezinha, is more than just a fishmonger. She is a boat owner, community leader, advocate for sustainable fishing, and a woman determined to chart her own course through hardship and hope.

Mãezinha of Rincão: A woman of the sea, a voice for her community

In the coastal town of Rincão, Maria Sábado Horta Fidalgo combines local fishing knowledge with small-scale entrepreneurship to support her family and strengthen her community’s economy.

Students receiving school meals.

How the ocean sustains a community in Cabo Verde

Climate action Social Protection In Ribeira da Barca, the sea connects school meals, family kitchens, and local markets.

Op-Eds

Not Just Another Beautiful Sunset: Why the Ocean Matters More Than You May Think

By Amanda Serumaga

Gender Equality

Africa Day 2025: The Africa our youth and women want

As the continent reflects on justice and reparations, its greatest promise lies in the leadership, resilience, and the rising power of its women and youth.

By Chido Mpemba

Lesotho’s Family Planning Revolution: A quiet success the world should notice

How Lesotho transformed Family Planning access through community action, commitment, and resilience.

By Innocent Modisaotsile

In The Spotlight: Climate Action

Senegalese women transforming dumpsite into urban gardens.

Gender Equality

The Senegalese women transforming polluted spaces into urban gardens

climate A story of resilience, innovation, food security and climate change mitigation.

A bone-dry part of the River Niger at Mopti, a major town in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Mali.

Floods and droughts are two sides of the same crisis

Climate action Wetlands can fix both.

Maguette Ba is a young climate activist, who advocates for a clean environment in her home country of Senegal.

Climate youth advocate making a difference

Senegal Maguette Ba, a young climate activist, advocates for a clean environment in her home country of Senegal. At 23, she wants to protect natural resources, raise awareness among young people and propose solutions suited to African realities.

Mangroves, Madagascar. As part of the Great Blue Wall initiative, the goal is to safeguard 30% of the countries' Exclusive Economic Zones by 2030, focusing on achieving a net gain in critical ecosystems such as mangroves, corals, and seagrasses.

Economic Development

Innovative financing to unlock Africa’s Blue Economy

debt Countries can leverage on creative financial tools such as debt swaps, green bonds, blues bonds, and others, to unlock resources needed to protect marine ecosystems, drive economic growth, and support climate adaptation.