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AUDA-NEPAD gender advocates
Gender Equality

Gender advocates to push for social protection and economic empowerment at G20

Gender Empowerment Other priorities include combating gender-based violence, bridging the digital divide.
Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, stands as a powerful symbol of the transatlantic slave trade.
Human Rights

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.
Africa’s digital ecosystem is becoming more robust by the day
Food Systems

22 billion reasons for Africa to invest in digital

agriculture Agricultural value chains for a crisis-driven world.
Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.
Social Justice

Advocating for the justice and rights of people of African descent

Social Protection Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent lists economic empowerment, digital equity and solidarity as priorities.

Editor Picks

Abidjan, District Autonome d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Economic Development

The long winding road to Africa’s infrastructure development

A woman.
Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

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

Jewel Taylor, Vice President of Liberia.

Liberia's Vice President Jewel Taylor calls for an African industrial revolution

LiberiaWomen Empowerment

In an interview with Africa Renewal, Ms. Taylor also discusses Liberia's development priorities.

A man with chicken eggs in his hands.

FAO: Agriculture will make or break free African trade

AfCFTAFree Trade

Changing agricultural food systems could unlock Africa's potential

António Guterres

Climate Action for people and planet: The time is now

This Earth Day and over the crucial months ahead, let’s rise together to this moment.

Man receiving COVID-19 vaccine.

Togo: Using digital tools to fight COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable

TogoCOVID19

Government uses tech to contact trace, send money to the poor during lockdown, and now for vaccination rollout.

Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud

Chad at the UN: Determined to have African voices heard in international forums

— Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud is the Permanent Representative of Chad to the UN in New York. She talks about her priorities and the importance of women’s empowerment.

Port of Rades, Tunisia.

AfCFTA: 100 days since start of free trading, prospects seem bright

AfCFTA

Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area kicked off on 1 January. The coming months will likely witness a convergence of fruitful outcomes of multiple moving parts.

Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza

Rwanda at the UN: Vaccine equity, inclusion, peace, and gender equality top our priorities

Rwandan GenocideRwanda— Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations.
Image of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on display in the Johannesburg Holocaust ..

Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 27 years later

Rwandan Genocide

We need to transform history into lessons relevant to our societies today

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria: COVID-19 vaccine rollout kicks off in Africa’s most populous country

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First batch of COVAX vaccines arrived in March, country aims to inoculate 70% of 200 million people by 2022.

Viral Facts Africa initiative to combat dangerous health misinformation

Viral Facts Africa initiative to combat dangerous health misinformation

AfricaMisinformationTracking the focus of misinformation circulating on social media is difficult, but African fact-checking organizations say they have debunked more than 1300 misleading reports since the onset of the pandemic.
Developing countries, in particular, have been hit hard by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

Guterres urges ‘decisive action’ to stave off debt crisis in developing world

Africafinancing for development
Heads of State and Government Meeting

World leaders to meet on strengthening financial measures to boost efforts to cope with COVID-19 fallout

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Calls for additional measures to reduce debt burden and increase liquidity in low and middle-income countries to ensure full recovery