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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

UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets children at Bulumkutu Interim Care Centre in Maiduguri

Recognize ‘enormous challenges’ facing northern Nigeria to forge new hope, Guterres urges

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UN Secretary General, António Guterres, speaks to displaced women in Ouallam.

A refuge from terror in Niger, as UN Chief pledges to be voice for the displaced

Studies reveal emerging resistance to first–line treatments

Are antimalarial drugs still effective?

Malaria

Studies reveal emerging resistance to first–line treatments

Ambassador Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira

Climate change poses risks, COP27, presents unique opportunity for Africa

climate changeCOP27- Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira, Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations in New York, says it’s time for climate justice for Africa

Guterres in Senegal: ‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine

Africa COVID-19food
Community health volunteers attending to Delourice.

The allies protecting pregnant women from malaria in Africa

Malaria

Community health workers take a leading role in preventing and treating the killer disease

"Crochet Brings the World Together, One Stitch at a Time," - Jonah Larson

Young crochet genius giving back to his community in Ethiopia

Youth & Education

Jonah Larson, 14 is funding a science lab, a library, and plans more to come

How the Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts Africa

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An opportunity to build resilient, inclusive Food Systems in Africa.

Over 1 million African children protected by first malaria vaccine

Over 1 million African children protected by first malaria vaccine

Malaria

Ahead of World Malaria Day (25 April), WHO calls for continued innovation to save lives.

Composite photo of three people, a woman at left, and two men to the right.

New UN-MultiChoice campaign to help fight COVID-19 fatigue

COVID19Africa youth

‘Together We Can’ by MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) alumni shares a public-service announcement (PSA) on safety protocols

A group of seated refugees in Ethiopia.

Eastern Africa: Millions displaced, amid growing hunger, ‘unprecedented needs’

Humanitarian Aid
Secretary-General António Guterres briefs press.

“Global Impact of War in Ukraine on Food, Energy and Finance Systems”

Humanitarian Aideconomic development

Remarks by UN Secretary-General at the Launch of Report by the Global Crisis Response Group