Africa

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Mauritius signs CAADP Compact to transform agriculture for inclusive economic growth

Africa Mauritius

World Health Organization (WHO) official, Dr. Ahmed El Ganainy, checks the eyes of a little girl during a joint humanitarian assessment mission to Marka, Somalia, on 9 July 2014. UN Photo/David Mutua

As health needs rise in Somalia, funding hits new low, cutting off 1.5 million from care – UN

Helena Ndume receiving the inaugural United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

No money can pay for the joy of a blind person who can now see – Dr. Ndume

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Agriculture can lift more people out of poverty than any other sector

Africa agriculture

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Science, technology and innovation continues to develop tools for prevention and cure of Ebola

Africa technology

UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and GEF CEO Naoko Ishii visit Africa’s largest gene bank. Photo credit: UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa (Addis Ababa)

Powered by environmental finance, Africa’s largest gene bank helps to bolster biodiversity, food security

Africa biodiversity

Paul Ladd, directeur de l'équipe de PNUD pour le Programme de développement post-2015 parle de 2015 l'année au cours de laquelle les pays conviendront d'un nouveau Programme de développement et trouveront un accord mondial sur le changement climatiqu

Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda

Africa sustainable development

New arrivals from Mali sit inside one of the tents at Mbera Camp, some 50 kilometres inside Mauritania

Amid surging violence in surrounding Northern Mali, Timbuktu heritage sites rebuilt

Delegates applaud the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda at the Third Financing for Development Conference which concluded on 16 July

FFD3 Conference yields commitment to financing for gender equality

Un soldat monte la garde devant un bureau de vote dans la capitale du Burundi, Bujumbura

Ban urges parties in Burundi to refrain from violence during elections

A young man at a vocational education and training centre, participating in the World Bank’s National Initiative for Human Development Support Project (INDH). Photo: Dana Smillie/World Bank

ADDIS: first UN World Youth Skills Day celebrates importance of empowering young people

As negotiations on the draft text of FFD3 entered its final stages, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that a successful outcome is vital for the future sustainable development agenda and could shape international cooperation for years to come. UN Photo/E

UN Decoded: Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3)