Africa

ExxonMobil’s leadership development training programs. Photo © ExxonMobil

ECOSOC Youth Forum (30 - 31 January 2017): The Role of Youth in Poverty Eradication and promoting prosperity in a changing world

Wide view of the opening session of the 6th UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

At Youth Forum, UN calls on young people to help realize a better future for all

Security Council adopts resolution on new president of Gambia. Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Guterres commends ECOWAS for role in Gambia’s peaceful transition

Africa UN Secretary-General

Secretary-General António Guterres meets President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the 28th summit of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UN Photo/Antonio Fiorente

If we fail in Africa, we will fail in the world, António Guterres tells UN staff

Africa UN Secretary-General

Children have been killed, raped and abducted in a series of recent attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State. Photo: UNICEF/Porter

Killings, rapes in South Sudan continued 'unabated' after July 2016 violence, UN reports

Africa sexual violence

Producing more textiles and other manufactured goods can stimulate trade among African countries. Photo : ©UNIDO

How to boost trade within Africa

Lower barriers and diversify production

Prof. Fantu Cheru

Global pressures and popular energies

Africa regional integration

Crowded road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: There are too few roads in Africa, and they are deteriorating. Photo : ©UN / Betty Press

Building an efficient road network

Africa transportation

Public-private partnerships hold the key to regional infrastructure

Elections have spread in Africa, but democracy remains weak. Photo : ©UN / P. Sudhakaran

Poverty 'stalls' further spread of democracy

Africa democracy

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY 20 November 2016

Africa Industrialization

At AU launch, from left: Thabo Mbeki (South Africa), Kofi Annan (UN), Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique), Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo), Muammar el-Qaddafi (Libya).

The African Union is launched

Africa Union intégration

Hopes for a Union responsive to the people of Africa

Nigerian refugees continue as fishermen, often in partnership with their Chadian counterparts from the host community. © UNHCR/Oualid Khelifi

UNHCR provides a safety net for Nigerians at lakeside camp in Chad