In Focus

— Amanda Serumaga, UNDP’s Resident Representative for Mauritius and Seychelles.

“From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs,” says Bimsen Beeharry.

Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still headed for global warming of more than 3°C this century.

— Survivors are leading the push to end female genital mutilation

Annual US$88.6 billion illicit capital flight loss needs to be seen as missed development opportunities.

Top priorities are COVID-19, the AfCFTA, peace, climate change, integration, gender equality and promoting African culture.

Mr. Mendes, 35, owner of Frutos da Lagoa fish farm in Angola’s northwest, hopes African Continental Free Trade Area will expand his market base.

Project in the capital Freetown blends public and private financing, could be replicated in other African countries.

In an environment where most families view sex as a taboo subject, parents are often in denial about their children being sexually active.

— Dr. John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC

New digital technologies have enabled countries to leapfrog outdated tools and progress to modern innovations.

Rich countries hoard available and future vaccines, as poor countries wait.