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Gola Rainforest spans the border between Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Climate

Conserving Gola forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for peace, sustainability

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.

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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

Image of various covers of the magazine

Book Review: Sustainable Development Goals: Hope for humanity

Musicians perform on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, on International Jazz Day 2019. Photo: Mauro Vombe

Peace through jazz music

Culture

The trumpet is a ‘cool’ instrument to unite people

Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management

Africans can do business with the UN

business

— Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management

Child with autism spectrum disorder.

Bringing hope to children with autism

autismhealth

Increased awareness and sharing of experiences help families to cope

In Torit, South Sudan, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) carries out mechanical and manual demining exercises.    UN Photo/Martine Perret

IEDs: tackling terrorists’ weapon of war

Improvised Explosive Devices are cheap and easy to manufacture

Liberia’s Vice president, Jewel Howard Taylor, opens the country’s first school for autistic children. (bottom) A desk in the classroom. Agnes Fallah Kamara

How I set up Liberia’s first school for autistic children

health

Community activist debunks cultural myths about autism

Benedict Faustine Kikove

An ‘ambassador’ for people’s rights

31-year-old Tanzanian mobilizing for positive social change
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Reshaping the forces

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director

Pushing for a green economy & clean energy

climate change

—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director

Mohamed Orman Bangura

A legacy of youth empowerment

Meet 33-year-old Sierra Leone’s youth affairs minister

Members of the Samburu tribe in Kenya. Samburu women pastoralists are affected by climate change.   Getty Images /Kitra Cahana

Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change

climate change

Faced with the harsh effects of erratic weather patterns, some Kenyan women livestock farmers call for help

Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Africa’s free trade area: the journey begins

Free Trade AgreementFree Trade Area— Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa