April 2021

A 2021 study by the UN Economic Commission for Africa on regional integration says EU takes biggest share of African trade.

Dr. Rokhiatou Babio is one of the few women in her country spearheading a medical team on the COVID-19 frontline.

Selamawit Araya Kidane (from Ethiopia) talks about her research on the nutritional benefits of the Enset plant.

Providing cash and food could reduce people’s vulnerability and promote greater equality, says UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The list of efforts countries will have to make to mitigate the pandemic impact is very long.

Countries need to invest in research and ratify African Medicines Agency treaty to regulate manufacture of home-grown medical products.

Sylvia Wairimu Maina (from Kenya) talks about her doctoral research on the nutritional benefits of the African cabbage.

Susan Ojochide (from Nigeria) talks about her research that will help to alleviate food insecurity in semi-arid areas.

First batch of COVAX vaccines arrived in March, country aims to inoculate 70% of 200 million people by 2022.

We need to transform history into lessons relevant to our societies today

Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area kicked off on 1 January. The coming months will likely witness a convergence of fruitful outcomes of multiple moving parts.

— Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud is the Permanent Representative of Chad to the UN in New York. She talks about her priorities and the importance of women’s empowerment.