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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

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

Shelter workers have begun the construction of a quarantine facility in Pulka where 56,014 IDPs live in camps and host communities.

Nigeria: IOM builds quarantine shelters as conflict-affected Borno State records first COVID-19 cases

A town crier in Baga Sola (Lake Chad) informs communities in remote areas on the COVID-19.

Town criers, troubadors raise COVID-19 awareness in rural Chad

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

UNAMID peacekeepers provide protection to local women in Aurokuom village, Zalingei, Central Darfur.

UN ‘fully mobilized’ to support the Sudanese people, Security Council hears

Shelter distribution for displaced families in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique incorporates social distancing, hand washing and other COVID-19 precautions.

One year after Cyclone Kenneth, Northern Mozambique faces challenges Including COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Social mobilisation team broadcasting messages from a van and giving out materials on COVID-19 prevention in Hararghe Ethiopia.

Local leaders mobilised to fight against COVID-19 in Ethiopia

Africa COVID-19

Women Rise for All

Women leaders rise in solidarity to save lives and protect livelihoods

Africa COVID-19

Staff at the Lodwar Hospital Wellness Centre...

Fighting the ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women & children during COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

UNDP working to help African countries recover from COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

-Ahunna Eziakonwa, director of UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa