Afrique

Transhumant herder and families accounts for an estimated 20 per cent of the total population in West and Central Africa, are forced to stop their seasonal migration as a result of border closures.

Responding to the pandemic amid multi-layered crises in the Sahel: “Stop the virus, not the people”

A Ugandan enterprise helps communities of farmers to overcome the effects of coronavirus.

Access to finance rescues farmers during COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Children fill their cups at a water point built by UNICEF at Kanyosha III primary school in Bujumbura, Burundi.

AU and UN appeal for ‘stable and peaceful environment’ for Burundi elections

Growing alliance of news and entertainment companies brings focus on socio-economic impact of COVID-19 crisis to its two-billion-strong audience

United Nations SDG Media Compact hits 100-member mark

-Okwa Morphy from Nigeria, serving in South Sudan

'I am passionate about Human Rights'

Africa peacekeepers

— Okwa Morphy from Nigeria, serving in South Sudan

-Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)

AfCFTA: Implementing Africa’s free trade pact the best stimulus for post-COVID-19 economies

Africa COVID-19

— Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat

Igihozo, 11, listens to a lesson on a radio after his school was closed in Rwanda.

Radio lessons: In Africa schools are closed, but learning goes on

Africa COVID-19

Countries use radio, TV and internet to keep students engaged

As the continent begins to talk of exiting lockdowns that were imposed to curtail the spread of the virus, there is need to ensure that women and girls are protected

Africa’s responses to COVID-19 must be gender responsive

Africa COVID-19

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk.

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya

Forecasts predict COVID-19 will negatively affect several aspects of economic life, sparking fears of an economic crisis that could prove difficult to combat in the months to come.

Companies trading internationally strongly affected by COVID-19: Evidence from Benin

Africa COVID-19

How a peace radio station is helping to fight COVID-19

Mali: How a peace radio station is helping to fight COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Desert Locust swarms in Kenya.

FAO makes gains in the fight against Desert Locusts in East Africa and Yemen but threat of a food security crisis remains

Africa Desert Locusts