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Fishing in Rincao, Cabo Verde.
Climate

From maritime to Blue Economy: Transforming Cabo Verde’s fisheries Sector

Climate actionSocial Protection Sustainable practices, value chains, and inclusive growth are shaping the country’s ocean-based development.
Sista Becky, born Rebecca Kalonji in Kinshasa, is a Congolese rapper, singer, songwriter, and activist, also known by her stage name “Princesse Bantou.”
Social Justice

Congolese Rapper Sista Becky becomes champion for nutrition

Social Protection The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announces its partnership with rising Congolese music star Sista Becky (Rebecca Kalonji) as a High-Level Supporter, advocating for nutrition and healthy eating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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

climatewomen

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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

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

Malawian peacekeepers in Côte D'Ivoire were key to the success of the UN mission there, known as UNOCI. Photo Credits:UN Photo/Patricia Esteve

Sustainability, peace, security ‘best guarantee against instability’ Guterres to Security Council

Peace and Security
Photo: UNDP Tunisia. Climate change is impacting Tunisia's coastal zones affecting both humans and marine biodiversity.

CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Tunisia coastline in need of climate cash boost

climate change
Peacekeepers with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) consult a map as they drive through vast desert areas in Smara, Western Sahara. Photo Credits:UN Photo/Martine Perret

First Western Sahara talks at UN in six years, begin in Geneva

Peace and Security
In this file photograph, an UNMISS peacekeeper patrols a road near Bentiu, Unity state, South Sudan. Patrols such as these serve to show a presence and to provide protection in the area. Photo: UNMISS

South Sudan: UN condemns ‘brutal’ sexual assaults on roads to Bentiu

Peace and Security
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the World Aids Day Reception in Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 December 2018. Photo Credits:Desmond Ingham-Brown/UN News

‘We need to do more’ to transform the world, deputy UN chief tells African audiences

SDG's
Lucia Kula.

A life on the move

From the ravages of war to culture shock in Europe

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed addressing the Africa Youth Development Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo Credits: UN News/Rebecca Hearfield

‘Be the change’ we desperately need, UN deputy chief urges global youth

SDG's
Participants at the African Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees, 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo Credits: UNCTAD

Africa Forum aims to boost business, reduce costs, help countries trade out of poverty

economic development
Clouds over the desert in southern Libya. Deserts form a large part of the country and human settlements are mostly found around oases. Photo Credits: Lason Athanasiadis/UNSMIL

Libya: UN Mission condemns deadly attack against police in country’s south-east

Peace and Security
Aerial view of the town of Rann, Borno State, Nigeria. 23 March 2018. Photo Credits: OCHA/Yasmina Guerda.

Guterres censures terrorist attacks in Nigeria, pledges UN ‘solidarity’

Peace and Security
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, sign a Framework Agreement between the two organizations. January, 2018. Photo Credits: UN Photo/Antonio Fiorente

UN chief commends African Union on adoption of institutional reforms

economic development
Micheal Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Burundi. Photo Credits: Eskinder Debebe.

Burundian must take lead in launching inclusive dialogue to end political crisis – UN envoy

Peace and Security