Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content

Search Africa Renewal

In Focus

Peace and Security
COVID-19
Health
Human Rights
Arts & Culture
Economic Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Climate
Gender Equality
Trade
Youth
Education
Technology & Innovation
Food Systems
Social Justice
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

climatewomen
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

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Statement: Secretary-General urges implementation of Somali roadmap for unity, peace and stability

UN Secretary-Generalpeacebuilding

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire

‘The priority is economic recovery’

AfricaInterview
Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai, the woman of trees, dies

AfricaNobel Peace Prize winner
Recipients of loans from Buusaa Gonofaa, a non-governmental organization

In Ethiopia, battling poverty with tiny bits of cash

AfricaEthiopia
A demining company prepares to destroy anti-personnel landmines

Clearing South Sudan of its deadly landmines

Africalandmines
Amos Sawyer

‘Peer review’ and civil society keep African leaders on their toes

Africapeer review

Amos Sawyer on the African Peer Review Mechanism

Social media has brought the issue into the open

Social media stimulates Nigerian debate on sexual violence

Africasexual violence
Margot Wallström (right), the UN Secretary-General's special representative

When protectors turn predators

Africasexual violence

Army reforms needed to counter sexual violence in the Congo

Image of various covers of the magazine

Africa Wired

ICT
Image of various covers of the magazine

Africa Watch

appointmentswatch

In human development, Africa makes slow progress

Image of various covers of the magazine

Africa Books

books

Dialing for cash: mobile transfers expand banking

Africamobile phones

In Africa, cross-border remittances by phone overcome bank limits