coronavirus

A stark hunger outlook means finding new ways to reach Somalis in need

Using innovation to deliver in Somalia despite COVID-19

Africa COVID-19

In the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, residents are provided with soap and water to wash their hands in order to help halt the spread of the coronavirus.

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic

Africa East Africa

IOM and returnees demonstrate hygiene measures and handwashing to migrants in transit and displaced persons in Niger.

IOM steps up risk communication and community engagement in response to COVID-19 in West and Central Africa

Africa West Africa

Screening of passengers, Maya Maya airport, Bzv

WHO urges caution as countries in Africa ease lockdowns

Africa COVID-19

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ADS 2020: Africa's free trade area and integration will help silence the guns, say UNECA Chief Vera Songwe and other experts

Desert Locust Swarms

Relentless locusts return in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

Africa COVID-19

East Africa hit by a second wave of locusts leaving millions of people food insecure

Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

AU Special Envoy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to youth: Use COVID-19 crisis to unleash your innovation

Africa COVID-19

Ms. Winnie Byanyima

UNAIDS Chief Winnie Byanyima: COVID-19 could roll back gains made in fighting HIV in Africa

Africa COVID-19

A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA.

Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

Bience Gawanas, Special Adviser on Africa

Africa Dialogues Series 2020: UN Special Adviser on Africa speaks on COVID-19 and Silencing the Guns in Africa

Africa COVID-19

The UN Development Programme is running a COVID-19 awareness campaign with the Somali National Army in the capital Mogadishu

Somalia looks to first full elections in 51 years, despite COVID-19 crisis

Africa COVID-19

Some schools in Mozambique were able to stay open in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai

Mozambique school children face ‘catastrophic’ fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

Africa COVID-19