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Sustainable Development Goals

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Sustainable Development Goals

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Social Protection The new SDG report shows only 35 per cent of targets are on track. More effort needed to unlock progress on the continent.
Africa's youngest generation holds the key to a bold new future.
Sustainable Development Goals

Summit of the Future and a new Poem for Africa

Africa Embracing Digital Transformation to Realize Our Potential
A girl
Sustainable Development Goals

Africa is on the cusp of an innovation revolution

Fintech Says award-winning fintech prodigy, Salton Massally.
Partnership brings the fire for human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainable Development Goals

Partnership brings the fire for human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals

SDG A festival in Eswatini provided the perfect backdrop to encourage audiences to learn about and protect their human rights.

Editor Picks

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Sustainable Development Goals

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Image of various covers of the magazine
Sustainable Development Goals

I want every child to be passionate about education

Pedestrians First activists in Lusaka on early morning walk to advocate for safer walkways and zebra
Economic Development

Sharing the road: Connecting streets to people

Committed advocates working to end violence against women and girls in their country.
Sustainable Development Goals

Niger: Young Nigeriens call for an end to child marriage 

The Aboubou pond.

Fish Farming in Northern Niger Boosts Local Economy

Migration and Environment
Locals in South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo take part in a community road recovery project funded by UNDP.

UN chief sets out roadmap to ‘raise ambition’, fund sustainable development

AfricaDRC
Photo of four people, two seated in foreground, two standing in background.

UNDP - Sahara Group partner to promote sustainable energy, SDGs in Africa

A close up view of the FlipFlopi dhow, a 9-metre traditional sailing boat made from 10 tonnes of discarded plastic. Credits: UN Environment

Boat made of recycled plastic and flip-flops inspires fight for cleaner seas along African coast

SDGs
Woman carrying vegetables.

Rwanda still committed to CAADP implementation for Agricultural transformation

Africa
A board meeting in progress in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: AMO/ George Philipas

Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?

SDG10

A lack of diversity afflicts most companies’ top leadership

Effect of climate change. A dead tree in Namibia’s Namib desert. Photo: World Bank/Philip Schuler

Tackling inequality by ‘lifting stones’

SDG10

Energy, agriculture sectors key to bridging gap between rich and poor in rural communities

Des techniciens de Lagos, au Nigeria, travaillent sur un projet de logiciel libre.

Digital revolution holds bright promises for Africa

SDG10

Turning a digital divide into dividends will require efforts

Used clothes market in Kitwe, Zambia. Photo: AfricaMediaOnline/ Paul Weinberg

Protectionist ban on imported used clothing

SDG10

US threatens East Africa with AGOA expulsion

— Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

New Africa-wide initiative will create jobs

SDG10

— Ibrahim Assane Mayaki

A child living with albinism and his father in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Panos/ Dieter Telemans

Ending albino persecution in Africa

albinism

Governments, UN and human rights groups step up advocacy to enlighten communities

Students learn with tablets in a school in South Africa. Photo:  AMO/Jackie Clausen

Africa grapples with huge disparities in education

SDG10

Higher enrolment numbers mask exclusion and inefficiencies