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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

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

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

A student holding an SDG badge (top). Students holding vegetables from the school garden (left). Brian (WEYE Clean Energy) displays a bag of briquettes (right). Photo: Solomon Musisi

Ugandan students turn waste to wealth

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St. Kizito High School students earn money from recycling

Bamboo bikes on display.

Young Africans create green businesses

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The youth are the driving force for action on climate and the environment.

South African climate activists. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Taking action on climate change

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World leaders attending the Climate Action Summit at the UN in New York in September 2019 to bring concrete, realistic plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A farmer in Senegal.

Africa is leapfrogging into digital agriculture

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UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition

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Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province

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UNEP/Duncan Moore Secretary-General António Guterres visits a Training Centre in Kamakunji, Kenya.

Terrorism ‘spreading and destabilizing’ entire regions, Guterres warns States, at key Kenya conference

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'I approach my work with zeal'

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'This is my dream job’

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‘I am as equally well-trained as a male soldier'

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– Ms. Patricia Matola, serving in DR Congo

Africa helping to shape the world

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— Prof. Tajjani Muhammad-Bande, incoming president of the UN General Assembly