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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

UN Police hold a COVID-19 information session for vulnerable street children in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Amidst COVID-19 challenges, UN ‘remains operational’ across Central Africa

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Roseline Stephen Agwai, from Nigeria, serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

“Female peacekeepers inspire women and girls”

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— Major Roseline Stephen Agwai, from Nigeria, serving in the DRC

A woman tends to saplings in the tree nursery in Al Jabalain, Sudan.

Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time

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Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan’s White Nile State.

Farmers wear masks during a Farmer Field School session on COVID-19 prevention in Malanje Province, Lombe community. Angola has very few cases of COVID-19, and FAO together with the Angolan government, is working to keep it that way

Stopping COVID-19 from reaching family farmers in Angola

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Information campaign helps rural communities protect themselves against coronavirus

Children at an internally displaced persons camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns, on ‘life-support’

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Malian refugees seek shelter in Télemsès, Niger, after violence has escalated in the Sahel region.

Amid COVID-19 and climate change, UNHCR appeals for $186 million for Sahel refugee and displacement crisis

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Girls washing dishes in Lome, Togo.

Coronavirus: Let’s not forget the world’s poorest countries

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-Paul Akiwumi, Director of UNCTAD’s Division for Africa and Least Developed Countries

The 2019 Index, which builds on the first edition published in 2016, provides up-to-date data on the status and progress of regional integration in Africa.

New report calls on Africa to build resilient economies through integration

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-Lieutenant Colonel Martha Masango, serving in the DR Congo

"As a female peacekeeper, it is easy to connect with people"

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— Lt Col Martha Masango from South Africa, serving in the DRC

The economic contraction projected for 2020 as a result of the pandemic would disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable, small and informal businesses, and small-scale agricultural producers

COVID-19 could prove “disastrous” for Zimbabwe, UNDP study finds

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Targeted measures and a crackdown on illicit financial flows will help

Placed at the centre of their national or local business ecosystem, the consular chambers¹ in Africa have effectively been mobilized to mitigate the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has on businesses.

Consular chambers to the rescue of businesses: The COVID-19 crisis in French-speaking Africa

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IOM medical staff training personnel at the Quarantine Centre in Addis Ababa.

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning COVID-19 affected migrants

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