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School meals provide essential safety nets for poor children and their families.
Health

Debt-for-Food swaps: Innovative financing for school meals in Africa

Social Protection On this Africa Day of School Feeding, what are some of the ways we can fund these programmes?
Residents of the Kanyaruchinya camp near Goma flee on Sunday - fighting has overwhelmed the capital of North Kivu province.
Peace and Security

Caught in the crossfire: The human toll of conflict in eastern DRC

DRC WFP calls for international intervention as displacement and hunger reach crisis levels.
Grammy winner and UNICEF ambassador, Angélique Kidjo, shares insights on blending cultures, empowering women and youth, and her ongoing mission to bring Africa’s voice to the world.
Youth

Angélique Kidjo on music, activism, and empowering Africa’s next generation

UNICEF A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa’s future, and breaking boundaries.
A car involved in an accident.
Economic Development

Road Safety: Digital technology to help prevent accidents

Digitalization Experts explore how data-driven approaches, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies can help save lives.

Editor Picks

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

Ernest Rwamucyo (Right), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
Human Rights

Lessons post the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: we must speak out against discrimination and prejudice

Epsy Barr - Chair, Forum on People of African Descent.
Economic Development

We must confront the legacy of slavery, tackle systemic racism

Richard Danzinger is IOM’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Confronting the challenges of migration in West and Central Africa

Sound policies and cooperation by countries are key

Sengalese at cultural parade in Harlem in New York. Photo: Alamy / Richard Levine

African migrants keen to retain their cultural values abroad

migration

African children abroad struggle over cultural identity

Ashraf El Nour

Migration can be a catalyst for economic growth

migration— Ashraf El Nour
Refugee students in a classroom in Uganda. Photo: UN Photo/Mark Garten

Uganda stands out in refugees hospitality

migration

The country hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa – more than a million

Africans march on New York streets during the African Day Parade. Photo: Alamy /Richard Levine

2019: Year of return for African Diaspora

Ghana rolls out the red carpet to encourage resettlement in the motherland

Egypt ‘Ify’ Ufele

Egypt ‘Ify’ Ufele

African themes a standout in young designer’s fashion line

Image of various covers of the magazine

Book Review: Living Together, Living Apart? Social Cohesion in a Future South Africa

Edited by Christopher Ballantine, Michael Chapman, Kira Erwin and Gerhard Maré

Farmers planting during a rainy season in Dali, North Darfur, Sudan. Photo: UN Photo / Albert Farran

Global warming: severe consequences for Africa

New report projects greater temperature increases

Blue economy can be a lifeline for Africa

Sustainable exploitation of the oceans, lakes, rivers will increase countries’ earnings

Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan: tribute to a rare gentleman

Agitating for change: Women wave flags during a demonstration in Kasbah Square, Tunis.  Photo: Panos / Alfredo D’Amato

Africa’s freedom struggles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

70 years since its adoption, the declaration has inspired liberation movements

Image of various covers of the magazine

UN Appointments