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Students receiving school meals.
Climate

How the ocean sustains a community in Cabo Verde

Climate actionSocial Protection
Fishing in Rincao, Cabo Verde.
Climate

From maritime to Blue economy: Transforming Cabo Verde’s fisheries Sector

Climate actionSocial Protection Sustainable practices, value chains, and inclusive growth are shaping the country’s ocean-based development.
Sista Becky, born Rebecca Kalonji in Kinshasa, is a Congolese rapper, singer, songwriter, and activist, also known by her stage name “Princesse Bantou.”
Social Justice

Congolese Rapper Sista Becky becomes champion for nutrition

Social Protection The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announces its partnership with rising Congolese music star Sista Becky (Rebecca Kalonji) as a High-Level Supporter, advocating for nutrition and healthy eating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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.

Editor Picks

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

Lise Kingo (centre), Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact at the UN Global Compact Board Meeting in New York, USA. Photo: UN Global Compact

Private sector’s role in implementing SDGs

Partnership for Development

UN Global Compact: Building networks with public-private partnerships worldwide

Henri Konan Bédié Bridge linking the north and south of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Bouygues Construction

Partnerships at work in Africa

Partnership for DevelopmentPartnership

SDGs envisage that PPPs can promote sustainable development in Africa

Young men using computers in a cybercafe in Cairo, Egypt, where Khaled (Jaled) Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was arrested and beaten to death by police in 2010. Later, 400,000 people joined the ‘We’re all Khaled Said’ campaign on Facebook is considered one

Uproar over Internet shutdowns

Censorship

Governments cite incitements to violence, exam cheating and hate speech

Children attend a class at the Deari elementary school in Eritrea. Photo: Panos/Giacomo Pirozzi

Private schools gain a foothold in Africa

Education

Experts wary over corporate takeover of education in sub-Saharan Africa

François Loucény Fall, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) briefing the Security Council. Photo: UN Photo/ Eskinder Debebe

Elections still a weak spot in Central Africa

—François Louncény Fall

Dried-up riverbed outside Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. Photo: UN Photo/Kay Muldoon

The new face of the Sahel

Renewal

Grassroots initiatives promote changes in livelihoods

Launch of the African Women Leaders Network in New York. Photo: UN Photos

More women in politics

Gender Equality

Still a man’s business despite notable successes

Travellers boarding a Kulula.com jet, South Africa’s first budget airline, at Durban International Airport. Photo: AMO/David Larsen

African airlines wait for open skies

aviation

African airlines must solve problems on their way to profitability

Gilbert Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Photo: AR/EM

Increased remittances will have greater impact on development

remittances

—Gilbert Houngbo

Image of various covers of the magazine

Appointments

Africab service in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Africab

Africa’s app-based taxis battle Uber over market share

transportation

Local techies are tailoring products and services to suit customers in cities

Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre in Nigeria. Photo: Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre

Philanthropists join forces to fund Africa’s cash-strapped health sector

Partnershipdevelopment

Billionaires Bill Gates, Aliko Dangote come together to fund health care projects