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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.
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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

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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

Ugandan healthcare worker on motorcycle with megaphone.

COVID-19 deaths in African region to fall by nearly 94% in 2022

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World Health Organization analysis is based on new modelling

Parrotfish in seagrass in ocean.

2022: The year to stop the decline of the ocean’s health

Let us all commit to redressing our relationship with nature to one of respect and balance

Two UN officials in Somalia

Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million

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Green bonds to serve Africa’s sustainable investment needs

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The innovative finance instrument can help fill the SDG financing gap

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UN Global Compact launches Africa Business Leaders Coalition to advance climate action and sustainable growth

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It brings together CEOs from across the continent to advance Africa's sustainable growth, prosperity and development

Jacqueline Nantawa working at her tailoring group business in Malawi.

In Malawi, young mothers gain the financial independence to support their families

Women's EmpowermentSpotlight Initiative

Strengthening resilience in nutrition and food security in Africa

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UN Secretary-General's remarks at the Africa Dialogue Series 2022

Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Tchad

Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Tchad awarded the Captain Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage

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An outstanding soldier with the kindest heart

Two years after the killing of George Floyd, urgency to end racial inequalities and discrimination beckons

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Op Ed by the United Nations Senior Officials of African Descent Group (UNSAG)

Major Winnet Zharare

Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2021 Award

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Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar

Fallen Chadian Captain Honoured with UN Peacekeeping’s Highest Award

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Antonio Guterres

"On Africa Day, we celebrate the enormous promise and potential of this diverse and dynamic continent"

- UN Secretary-General António Guterres.