Africa

UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern UgandaUN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda

UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda

Economic diversification a must, as Central Africa faces double-jeopardy with coronavirus

In Mozambique, many Beira communities affected by Cyclone Idai face serious waste management issues, raising the risk of disease.

Many Mozambicans still struggling to get back on their feet, one year after cyclone

Africa Mozambique

Twenty-nine-year-old Wala Matari, a former terrorist hostage, attends church with her children in the village of Zamai in the Far North region of Cameroon

More support key for counter-terrorism in Africa, where ‘misogyny is at the heart of so many’ groups

Africa Security Council

UNECA

ECA estimates billions worth of losses in Africa due to COVID-19 impact

Africa coronavirus

A young Burundian refugee completes an exercise on a blackboard in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.

Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation

Crowd of people

DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.

An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment

Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere

Creating a unified market

New report highlights significant gains from AfCFTA implementation in East Africa

Boyi, 26, stares off into the distance over the 30 hectares of land that he now shares with other 29 community members. Photo: IOM/Monica Chiriac

Nigerien Youth Trained in Market Gardening

A Kenyan women farmers’ group during one of their meetings. Working in a group ensures that the women can supply more crops, secure stable and good prices as well as share costs.

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

Africa Gender Equality

Four people in group photo.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged