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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

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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

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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

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Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

BMW South Africa announces the production of its one-millionth BMW 3 Series sedan at its manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria in South Africa. Photo: BMW Group

Global companies give Africa a second look

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South Africa hosts most of the top companies in Africa, but other countries are coming up

The Tanger-Med port located about 40 km east of Tangier, Morocco. Photo: Bouygues Construction

Partnerships provide a lifeline for cash-strapped countries

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Governments reforming to woo private capital

Henri Konan Bédié Bridge in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Bouygues Construction

Partnerships giving Africa a new look

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Private sector working with governments to fund mega development projects

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka lead high-level mission to Mugunga Camp for internally displaced people, in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Photo: UN News/Lulu Gao

Wrapping up Africa trip, UN deputy chief vows to ensure displaced women return home in dignity

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Arthur Musah

Naija Beta: A look at diaspora Africans finding their place back home

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On World AIDS Day, people in Nigeria took a walk in the Asokoro neighbourhood of Abuja to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in the general public. Photo: UNAIDS

AIDS-related deaths decline; 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment – UN report

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Au Kenya, un éleveur avec ses bœufs qui ont survécu à la sécheresse. Les deux tiers de son cheptel ont été décimés. Photo: FAO/Tony Karumba

FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season, worsening hunger in East Africa

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Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise

l'Île Maurice. Photo: UNDP

Mauritius Marshall Plan aims to eradicate poverty and exclusion

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World poverty could be cut in half if all adults completed secondary education

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Avec plus de 15 millions de réfugiés et de personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur pays, l’Afrique abrite près de 25 % du nombre total de personnes ayant dû fuir leur foyer dans le monde. © UN/ Eskinder Debebe

Africa Takes the Lead to Support Refugees and their Hosts with Long-Term Solutions

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Participants at the African Women Leaders Network held in New York in June, 2017. Photo: Africa Renewal/Ihuoma Atanga

New platform launched to galvanize and boost women’s leadership of Africa

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Forum organized by African Union Commission and UN Women, with the support of Germany, outlines roadmap for women in governance, peace and security

Pour leur subsistance, plus de 11 millions de la population au Soudan du Sud (95%) dépendent presqu’entièrement des secteurs sensibles au climat, dont l'agriculture, les ressources forestières et la pêche. Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNDP

Confronting climate change in South Sudan

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