Africa

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

A stark hunger outlook means finding new ways to reach Somalis in need

Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

In the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, residents are provided with soap and water to wash their hands in order to help halt the spread of the coronavirus.

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic

Africa East Africa

Chinsisi Jafali, a 14-year-old with albinism in Malawi

Making education safe for children with albinism in Malawi

IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Africa West Africa

Ms. Winnie Byanyima

UNAIDS Chief Winnie Byanyima: COVID-19 could roll back gains made in fighting HIV in Africa

Africa COVID-19

Fall armyworm feeding on maize in Malawi

Malawi’s farmers battle armyworms

Screening of passengers, Maya Maya airport, Bzv

WHO urges caution as countries in Africa ease lockdowns

Africa COVID-19

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ADS 2020: Africa's free trade area and integration will help silence the guns, say UNECA Chief Vera Songwe and other experts

Desert Locust Swarms

Relentless locusts return in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

Africa COVID-19

East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure

Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

AU Special Envoy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to youth: Use COVID-19 crisis to unleash your innovation

Africa COVID-19

Some schools in Mozambique were able to stay open in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai

Mozambique school children face ‘catastrophic’ fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

Africa COVID-19