Africa

Civil society organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo call for a complete ceasefire across the country to tackle the coronavirus pandemic

Creativity and leadership: Young Gambians are using traditional forms of communications to help everyone stay safe.

Poetry to help save lives during COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Only a united Africa can defeat COVID-19

Only a united Africa can defeat COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

KAEME staff members

COVID-19: A positive outlook in difficult times from Ghana

Africa COVID-19

Niger reports new polio outbreak

COVID-19 lessons offer hope for global efforts to address climate change impacts

Africa coronavirus

Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Catherine Sozi, joined IOM Chief of Mission and Representative to AU, UNECA and IGAD, Maureen Achieng, on a visit to Addis Ababa University’s Sidist Kilo campus quara

IOM Ethiopia assists hundreds of returning migrants in COVID-19 quarantine sites

Africa COVID-19

Humanitarian aid being prepared by workers for loading next to airplane.

COVID-19: Humanitarian air deliveries to Africa ramped up with dispatch from UN's new cargo hub in Belgium

Africa COVID-19

A nurse receives training on equipment donated by UNDP Eritrea

Everyone deserves quality healthcare, not just the rich

-Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

Secretary-General António Guterres

COVID-19: SG Op-ed on COVID-19's impact on Women

Africa COVID-19

National regulatory authorities and national ethics committees from across Africa have agreed to combine their expertise to expedite clinical trial review and approvals for new multinational preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to the COVI

African regulatory agencies, ethics committees to expedite COVID-19 clinical trial reviews

Africa COVID-19

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers—civilian, military, and police—were a thin blue line helping to protect civilians, support peace agreements and contain conflicts in hot spots and war zones across the globe.

UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course

Africa COVID-19

It is clear that the novel coronavirus has led to physical confinement in many parts of the world but enterprises which leverage the power of digital and innovative technologies continue doing business

Innovative tech and connectivity key to fighting COVID-19 in Africa