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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

A woman.
Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra

Least developed countries at a ‘turning point,’ says the UN’s Cheick Sidi Diarra

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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay

What David Kato's death can teach the world

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Choi Young-jin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General

Truth is the starting point

AfricaInterview

An interview with Choi Young-jin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Côte d’Ivoire

Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde and the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Appointments underscore Africa's growing importance within UN

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Two high level appointments by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have strengthened the UN diplomatic presence in Africa and underscored the continent's increasing importance in global affairs

Youssoufou Bamba, Côte d'Ivoire's Ambassador to the UN

End game in Côte d’Ivoire marks a new beginning

InterviewCôte d’Ivoire

Interview with Côte d’Ivoire’s UN Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba

Winding path to decent housing for South Africa’s poor

South AfricaHousing
Rice farming in Madagascar

Africa’s economy rebounds strongly, but jobs remain elusive

Africaeconomy
Ban Ki-moon is met by Southern Sudan Government Minister Deng Alor Kuol

A new nation is born

Africanewest nation
Suspected Somali pirates are apprehended by a patrol of the EUNAVFOR

Somali piracy: in search of remedies for a global malady

AfricaSomalia
Somalia suffers from worst drought in century

Famine in Somalia

AfricaSomalia
Victims of famine seek treatment at Mogadishu hospital

Confluence of famine and conflict devastating for women and children in Somalia

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With 12.4 million people in the Horn of Africa in desperate need of food

Horn of Africa: tackling the evils of famine

Horn of AfricaSomalia