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Environmental activist and entrepreneur Babacar Thiaw
Climate

Zero waste, big impact

Climate action How one surf club in Senegal is riding the wave of environmental change.
Sunset.
Climate

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

climatewomen
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang (centre) participate in the High-Level Political Dialogue on Reparatory Justice during the Africa Dialogue Series 2025 at UN Headquarters in New York.
Human Rights

Justice can’t wait: Africa’s push for reparative justice takes center stage

Zainab Gbala
Peace and Security

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.

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School meals provide essential safety nets for poor children and their families.
Health

Debt-for-Food swaps: Innovative financing for school meals in Africa

Nairobi City.
Economic Development

Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

Inside a factory.
Economic Development

New UN report: Africa's economy to improve in 2025 despite global stagnation

A woman.
Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, in Kigali.

We must do more to prevent genocide

Rwandan GenocideUN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice W. Nderitu, joins Rwandans, others in commemorating 30 years since genocide against the Tutsi.
Ernest Rwamucyo (Right), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations

Lessons post the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: we must speak out against discrimination and prejudice

Rwandan Genocide— Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations.
Laurence (left), a survivor, and Xavier, her family's killer, now living as friends.

REMEMBER.UNITE.RENEW.

Rwandan GenocideA powerful exhibit marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Eric Murangwa Eugene

Football saved me from genocide; now I promote peace with it

Rwandan Genocide"From Surviving Genocide to Spreading Peace: Football's Transformative Power" -The militia who burst into my house to kill me spared my life when they saw my football photos
Alice Wairimu Nderitu

Kwibuka30: Learning from the past, safeguarding the future against genocide

Rwandan GenocideRemembering those whose futures were taken away, and those at risk across the world today
Panelist at the discussion on WPS.

Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Women Peace and SecurityGhanaian women push for an increase and strengthening of the meaningful participation of women peacekeepers as they explore the WPS agenda.
Diallo Sumbry

Revolutionist returnees: Fulfilling dreams, finding freedom

GenealogyAfrican Americans have a long history of going back to the motherland.
A woman assesses damage to her home caused by tropical storm Filipo in Morrumbene district, Inhambane province, Mozambique.

In conflict-hit Mozambique, a tropical storm warns of hunger – and the next cyclone

Humanitarian AidThe World Food Programme requires urgent funds to respond to displacement caused by conflict in the north as climate change wreaks havoc in the south
Epsy Barr - Chair, Forum on People of African Descent.

We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

African DescentEpsy Alejandra Campbell Barr, Chair of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, emphasizes the need for African descendants and Africans to collaborate in addressing common challenges
Door of no return in Ouidah, Benin.

Reflecting on the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade

AfricaUnited Nations25 March each year is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a day to honor the victims of slavery and to raise awareness about the dangers of ongoing racism and prejudice.
Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation.

Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation

Women in PoliticsThe latest report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) show how different regions in the world have improved women representation. Sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest improvement among all regions on women’s parliamentary representation in 2023
Prof. Virginia Lacerda Quartim

Angola: Varsity head paving way for more women in top jobs

AngolaProf. Virginia Lacerda Quartim is the dean of José Eduardo dos Santos University in Huambo Province.