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Residents of the Kanyaruchinya camp near Goma flee on Sunday - fighting has overwhelmed the capital of North Kivu province.
Peace and Security

Caught in the crossfire: The human toll of conflict in eastern DRC

DRC WFP calls for international intervention as displacement and hunger reach crisis levels.
Grammy winner and UNICEF ambassador, Angélique Kidjo, shares insights on blending cultures, empowering women and youth, and her ongoing mission to bring Africa’s voice to the world.
Youth

On music, activism, and empowering Africa’s next generation

UNICEF A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa’s future, and breaking boundaries.
A car involved in an accident.
Economic Development

Road Safety: Digital technology to help prevent accidents

Digitalization Experts explore how data-driven approaches, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies can help save lives.
Nairobi City.
Economic Development

Financial, fiscal, and budgetary planning crucial for African cities

debt To manage rapid urbanization effectively, African cities must enhance fiscal strategies and broaden revenue sources.

Editor Picks

Samuel Jepi, National Forest Initiative, outside of the NFI camp near Kupiano, Papua New Guinea. May 23, 2019
Climate

Creating credible carbon market in Africa

Fresh source.
Economic Development

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

Ernest Rwamucyo (Right), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
Human Rights

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

Epsy Barr - Chair, Forum on People of African Descent.
Economic Development

We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

A woman drawing water from a man-made pond in drought-stricken Somali. Photo: UNDP Somalia

African leaders laud Climate Summit

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New initiatives to address agriculture and renewable energy agreed upon

The Shining Century Textile company in Maseru, Lesotho. Photo: World Bank/John Hogg

AGOA: The US–Africa trade dilemma

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Has the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act run its course?

David Nabarro, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Ebola.  Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

EBOLA: This catastrophe must never be allowed to happen again

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— David Nabarro

Vendors struggle with plummeting sales and rising cost of transporting goods to the market in West Point in Monrovia, Liberia, after the Ebola outbreak and quarantine took effect in the country.  Photo: UNDP/ Morgana Wingard

Ebola threatens economic gains in affected countries

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Foreign workers return home, citing contagion fears

Women harvesting rice in Carysburg, Liberia.  Photo: Panos/Aubrey Wade

Ebola disruption could spark new food crisis

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Food prices skyrocket as farmers abandon farms

A volunteer disinfecting the hospital of Tahouay in Conakry, Guinea.  Photo: Afreecom/Idrissa Soumaré

Ebola: Fighting a deadly virus

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Weak national healthcare systems and few medical staff struggle to cope

Girls in Voinjama, Liberia, look at a poster that displays information on Ebola.  Photo: UNICEF/Liberia/Jallanzo

Ebola: A wake-up call for leaders

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Disease exposes the weaknesses of neglected healthcare systems

Workers lay rails at a train station outside Niamey, Niger.  Photo: Ado Youssouf

West Africa: New railway network aims to boost inter-regional trade

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Rail to link Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo

An artist’s impression of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.   Photo: www.grandmillenniumdam.net

Financing Africa’s massive projects

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Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries

Trainee midwives demonstrating the childbirth process using a birth simulator in Kampala, Uganda.  Photo: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi

Improving maternal health in Africa

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Despite progress in some countries, many women and babies still die during childbirth in Africa

The Ebola burial team gets disinfected and can then remove their personal protective equipment safely.

Global response to Ebola crisis "has succeeded"

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Workers build an enclosure at the Mayagba Ebola community care centre construction site in Bombali District, which is among the areas worst affected by the disease in Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF/John James

Ebola: UN crisis response mission opens new office in Mali

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