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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

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.

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

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Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women. Photo: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz

Progress towards gender parity still slow, uneven

Gender Equality

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang (centre) during her visit to the Central African Republic in February 2015. Photo: OCHA/C. Illemassene

Women seek greater role in rebuilding the Central African Republic

Gender Equality
Awurabena Okrah, CEO and founder of Winglow, a textile and fashion business in Accra, Ghana. Many women are venturing into business. Photo: Panos/Nyani Quarmyne

Investing in women’s employment essential for economic growth

Gender Equality
Students from the Midwifery School of El Fasher, North Darfur, commemorate International Women’s Day. Photo: UN Photo/Albert González Farran

Gender equality still within reach

Gender Equality

Some progress made, but challenges remain

Miners in a lift cage at the Chambishi copper mine in Kitwe, Zambia. Photo: Panos/Sven Torfinn

How healthy is Africa’s sovereign bond debt?

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Analysts caution against accumulating too much

Slave trade: How African foods influenced modern American cuisine

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Coups no longer acceptable: OAU

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Summit extols democracy; African Economic Community is inaugurated

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Industrialized countries spotlight Africa

Summit of G-7 and Russia promises greater market access

Focus on human rights: Mr. Annan with President Kabila (far left) and OAU Secretary-General Salim Salim

Annan asserts primacy of human rights

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'Human rights are African rights, not an imposition or plot by the industrialized West'

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees listens as Mariam, a Nigerian refugee in Cameroon, describes the attack on her village that forced her to flee.

UNHCR Chief appeals for more aid to Cameroon

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The remains of more than two-thousand persons cremated during the height of the Ebola outbreak were brought to an enclosed Palava Hut in the Liberian National Cemetery in Disco Hill, and will stay in this special place until national consultations determi

Lowest weekly total of Ebola cases in 2015 reported, UN health agency says

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A busy day on Mizran Street in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital. Photo: UNSMIL/Abbas Toumi

Only 1 in 10 chance of peace in Libya, says UN expert

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