In Focus
Peace and Security
This beat covers conflict resolution, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding activities; women’s involvement in peace and security; and efforts by individuals and governments to finally ‘Silence the Guns’ in Africa.
Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award
Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.
Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award
Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.
ECOWAS at 50: Our focus remains peace, security and prosperity
Social Protection
Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, says the body is stronger now than ever.
Caught in the crossfire: The human toll of conflict in eastern DRC
DRC
WFP calls for international intervention as displacement and hunger reach crisis levels.
Editor Picks
The large-scale migration of people within Africa tends to boost growth and lifts the continent’s whole economy, a new United Nations report has said, urging the world to dispel misconceptions and “harmful narratives” targeting migration.
On the eve of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers this Tuesday, in the dimly lit streets of Bamako, the Malian police set out to conduct a night patrol with the support of UN police officers.
