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Harare, Zimbabwe
Economic Development

Harare strengthens economic resilience with bankable urban projects

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Regional Experts convened in Kampala for a Validation Workshop on Inland Waterway Transport Policy Harmonization, aimed at unlocking the potential of Eastern Africa’s vast network of lakes and rivers to support sustainable trade and regional integration.
Economic Development

Eastern Africa moves to harmonize inland waterway transport policies for seamless multimodal trade

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The Maison des Esclave or Slave House is now a museum and UNESCO heritage site.
Economic Development

Reparations for Africans Must Transform the Systems that Still Limit Africa’s Future

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Tirop’s Angels
Gender Equality

Running against violence: How Viola Cheptoo is taking the GBV fight into the digital age

Social Protection Kenyan marathon star uses her athletic platform to confront gender-based violence and empower a new generation.

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The Town Hall by the UN in partnership with the BBC’s Focus on Africa brought together ministers, policymakers, and young leaders to debate one of the most pressing issues of our time: artificial intelligence (AI).
Technology & Innovation

Africa and Artificial Intelligence: The promise, the risk, and the path forward

Chief Kachindamoto lit a fire for justice and equality.
Social Protection

She lit a fire

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Sustainable Development Goals

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
Climate

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

Elizabeth Throssell, Spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office

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Mauritania: Urgent action needed as food insecurity grips communities

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From Policy to Practice: Capacity-building Workshop on Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) in West Africa and the Sahel

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Woman carrying vegetables.

Rwanda still committed to CAADP implementation for Agricultural transformation

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Walls of a building, which once housed a court, riddled with holes caused by heavy artillery in Gao, Mali.

UN chief condemns attack targeting international forces in northern Mali

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Mary Amaik and her family sit in their small house in Pibor, South Sudan.

“The conflict must end”: Fighting threatens to drive up hunger in South Sudan’s lean season

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The Italian Navy rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Two shipwrecks add to ‘alarming increase’ in migrant deaths off Libya coast: IOM

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A woman walks through a village in Chad. Photo: Naomi Frerotte

Africa’s Sahel must be a top priority for UN peacebuilding efforts, says commission

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Grandi praises generosity of Niger for hosting thousands of refugees

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E. Wilkins Nah, County Attorney of Bong County in Central Liberia.

From where I stand: “We need men who will stand up for the rights of women and girls”

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Happy children as their mother prepares porridge.

Realizing the Potential of Safety Nets in Malawi

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Mali

Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief

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