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January 2024

Zara Ellie, a dedicated mother and entrepreneur, leading the 'Hanoune' Savings and Internal Lending Community meeting in Koudoul, Chad, where members unite to foster financial growth and solidarity.

Thriving societies need social cohesion, justice and inclusion — Ms. Nell Bolton

peacebuildingIn Africa, Catholic Relief Services is helping communities to ‘address what divides them so they can find what unites them’ and together work towards transformational change
Fortune Charumbira

Pan-African Parliament President calls for peace and unity

ZimbabweWe want the Pan-African Parliament to be a parliament of the people
Betty Mtehemu, Deputy Chairperson of Fabric Clothes Sector, and Chairperson of the Women’s Union in Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini Market.

2024: A year of cautious hope for African economies facing worldwide challenges

AfCFTAThe continent's economic growth is expected to inch up to 3.5 per cent
Dena M. Chasten standing on a beach. She found her birth parents and now works as a genealogist.

Tracing family roots beyond the DNA

GenealogyThree genealogists describe the brick walls and breakthroughs in researching African American ancestry
SunCulture has raised over $40 million to equip rural farmers with solar-powered irrigation systems.

Start-ups powering up Africa’s solar energy ecosystem

EntrepreneursThey are increasingly offering advanced energy solutions to the majority of people across Africa facing blackouts, brownouts and poor electricity supply
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed interacts with Sophia the robot at the “The Future of Everything – Sustainable Development in the Age of Rapid Technological Change” meeting.

AI expert warns of 'digital colonization' in Africa

Residents of the Bulengo camp for displaced people in North Kivu, in DRC, take part in a football festival on 6 January, organized by the Confederation of African Football to which WFP provides logistical support. Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas

Afcon: DRC kicks off football dreams as conflict and climate change drive hunger

Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrican Cup of Nations joy is marred by displacements and soaring sexual violence in the east as the World Food Programme makes tough decisions amid funding shortages
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Sudan, visits Wad Sherife camp in Kassala, the Sudan, July 2023.

The United Nations Is not leaving the Sudan

SudanHumanitarian AidWhat is the United Nations doing for the Sudanese?” This is a question I am often asked when I meet people inside and outside of the Sudan. And it is an important one.