Africa

Creativity, leadership and entrepreneurial drive of young Gambians give a glimmer of hope in the midst of the crisis.

Young Gambians lead the way to safety

A school of Travally fish in the Solomon Islands

World Oceans Day: Don’t be colour blind, help blue oceans keep the planet green

Africa Sustainable Development Goals

Dignity kits contain supplies to help women and girls protect themselves and their communities from the pandemic.

Dignity kits bring hygiene supplies to vulnerable communities in pandemic-affected area of the Gambia

Africa COVID-19

Handwashing station in Bria, CAR. Part of a CVR programme run by MINUSCA

From fighting with guns to fighting the pandemic

Africa COVID-19

Secretary General António Guterres

Secretary-General: Africa’s response to COVID-19 pandemic has provided valuable lessons for the rest of the world

Africa COVID-19

A World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola vaccination team works in Butembo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in January 2019.

WHO to support DR Congo as Ebola resurfaces in the northwest

The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) is an international effort to improve nutrition, productivity and climatic adaptability of some of Africa’s most important food crops

Addressing Africa's nutrition challenges by strengthening indigenous crops

Children sit idly with their father, observing the destruction of their community’s homes in Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi.

Flood victims in Burundi receive assistance from IOM amid COVID-19 pandemic

Africa COVID-19

Wunthou border in Renk, South Sudan

IOM, government of South Sudan to establish a point of entry in rank

In IOM teams in Mandruzi resettlement site, in Sofala Province, Mozambique, train site leadership committee on COVID-19 prevention to pass on messages to site residents.

Resettlement sites in need of further preparedness as COVID-19 cases increase in Mozambique

Africa COVID-19

Staff from the Bosasso MRC in Puntland on an outreach in the informal settlement frequented by Ethiopian migrants

In Horn of Africa migrant support centres join fight against Covid-19

Africa COVID-19

Lieutenant-Colonel Doamba Sawadogo from Burkina Faso, serving in DR Congo

‘Women peacekeepers make it easier to interact with communities’

-Lieutenant-Colonel Doamba Sawadogo from Burkina Faso, serving in DR Congo