Op-Eds
Post-COVID-19: A chance to leapfrog Africa’s development through digitalization
What Africa expects of the new WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
As Dr. Okonjo-Iweala takes office Africa seeks equitable COVID-19 vaccine access, support for free trade area, better market access and breaking of longstanding deadlocks.
Turning the tide for women and girls caught in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado crisis
The resource-rich land of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique has developed one of the continent’s most complex and layered crises.
Making peace with nature is possible, if we start now
Despite a dip in greenhouse gas emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still headed for global warming of more than 3°C this century.
Why AU should push for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines
Gender-based violence: We must flatten the curve of this shadow pandemic
— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director
Women around the globe share an immense stake in ending armed violence
Our peace work should reflect that reality.
Protecting Africa’s children from child labour
International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, on the Universal Ratification of the Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.
COVID-19 crisis amplifies the urgency for economic diversification in Africa
Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship