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More than 15 countries in Africa report COVID-19 cases.

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Three Things the G20 must do to support Africa in COVID-19 Pandemic

Africa’s development priorities are spelled out in Agenda 2063— the blueprint for the African Union’s economic development in the coming decades.

Health

Food Safety in Africa: An Important Deliverable for AUDA-NEPAD

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) has become a serious global threat to the attainment of the global development agenda.

Challenges

The Global Dilemma of Illicit Financial Flows: Time for Collective Action

Featured Stories

Health workers are at the frontlines in the fight against the new Corona Virus

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Health workers are the frontline soldiers against COVID-19. Let’s protect them

By Siddharth Chatterjee

Tanzanians shopping at a supermarket in Dar-es- Salam

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How COVID-19 is changing the lives of Tanzanians

An empty street in Nairobi

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With simple, fact-informed hygiene measures, Africa can slow COVID-19 spread

By Siddharth Chatterjee

Magazine

Africa Renewal December 2019 - March 2020 Issue

Theme: Silencing the guns

Current Issue: December 2019 - March 2020

Realising a conflict-free Africa is the dream of every African. In this edition, we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the various efforts in search of peaceful co-existence and development and the African Union’s quest for silencing the guns by 2020.

Stories from Current Issues

President Julius Maada Bio launches plans to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible in Sierra Leone. Office of the President of Sierra Leone

Health

President Julius Maada Bio speaks on child and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone

By Kingsley Ighobor

Armed Turkana herdsmen guard their livestock at a watering hole at Oropoyi, in Kenya’s north western district of Turkana. Armed raids and cattle rustling over water and pasture sites are common among communities in parts of Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiop

Silencing the guns

Small arms fueling deadly communal violence

By Franck Kuwonu

An area that used to be on the edge of Lake Chad. The drying lake has exacerbated suffering for millions.

Silencing the guns

Drying Lake Chad Basin gives rise to crisis

By Leon Usigbe

Interviews

— Ibrahim Mayaki, chief executive officer of the the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which is currently transforming into the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)—the implementing arm of the AU.

— Ibrahim Mayaki

Africa’s regional integration will benefit all

—Bience Gawanas, Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa

—Bience Gawanas

I am optimistic about Africa’s future

Ambassador Mamman Nuhu is the Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission

Ambassador Mamman Nuhu

Address development issues in the Lake Chad Basin

Ms. Aïssatou Hayatou

— Ms. Aïssatou Hayatou

Silencing the Guns campaign kicks off in 2020

Youth

Two men wrestling

South Sudanese youth use their passion for sports to build lasting peace

The UN Youth Envoy engaging with young peace ambassadors in Torit.

UN Youth Envoy advocates for “future proof” policies to build capacity of young South Sudanese

Youth of different political persuasions got together in Yambio to become agents of peace.

Unprecedented rally in Yambio brings together government and opposition youth to become peace agents

Gender

Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas.

Women plough the way to peace in South Sudan resettlement project

Crowd of people

DRC: Women gaining access to local senior positions thanks to MONUSCO-backed stabilization project.

A Kenyan women farmers’ group during one of their meetings. Working in a group ensures that the women can supply more crops, secure stable and good prices as well as share costs.

Securing sustainable food systems hinges on gender equality

SDGs

Sixth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe

UN's Mohammed to attend Africa's sustainable development forum in Zimbabwe

Soldier being awarded honor

Rwanda’s remarkable contribution to peace in the CAR recognized

Zimbabwe ready to host & showcase itself at sustainable development forum; Minister

Climate Change

An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment

Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere

A swarm of desert locusts fill the sky near a farm.

More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’

Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

Health

Global food supply chains are complex and include these kale farmers in Uganda.

A battle plan for ensuring global food supplies during the COVID-19 crisis

More than 15 countries in Africa report COVID-19 cases.

Three Things the G20 must do to support Africa in COVID-19 Pandemic

Africa’s development priorities are spelled out in Agenda 2063— the blueprint for the African Union’s economic development in the coming decades.

Food Safety in Africa: An Important Deliverable for AUDA-NEPAD

UNICEF dispatched additional 21 Emergency Drug Kits (which include personal protective equipments) to contribute in equipping the identified COVID-19 isolation centres in Addis Ababa, Diredawa city administration and all the regions.

UN launches US$2 billion global humanitarian response to fight COVID-19

Peace and Security

A swarm of Desert Locusts in Samburu County, Kenya

UN fast tracks $10 million loan to help scale up FAO action to fight Desert Locusts

Three former child soldiers at Elevage camp in Bambari, Central African Republic.

UN official applauds move by Central African Republic to prevent child recruitment

UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern UgandaUN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda

UN Central Emergency Response Fund and IOM Support Victims of Floods & Mudslides in Eastern Uganda

In Mozambique, many Beira communities affected by Cyclone Idai face serious waste management issues, raising the risk of disease.

Many Mozambicans still struggling to get back on their feet, one year after cyclone

Human Rights

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles.

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria receive UNMISS-led training on human rights

A young Burundian refugee completes an exercise on a blackboard at Jugudi Primary School in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Kigoma Province, north-west Tanzania.

Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation

In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mostly made up of structures on stilts above Lagos Lagoon, as smog spreads throughout the canals.

Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert

Economic Development

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) has become a serious global threat to the attainment of the global development agenda.

The Global Dilemma of Illicit Financial Flows: Time for Collective Action

Economic diversification a must, as Central Africa faces double-jeopardy with coronavirus

Creating a unified market

New report highlights significant gains from AfCFTA implementation in East Africa

Boyi, 26, stares off into the distance over the 30 hectares of land that he now shares with other 29 community members. Photo: IOM/Monica Chiriac

Nigerien Youth Trained in Market Gardening

Latest Audio

Photo: FAO/Sonia Nguyen

Funding boost for Sahel’s drought-stricken farmers and herders

A wide view of the Security Council.

UN sanctions on South Sudan renewed

Latest Videos

Thirteen-year-old boy at the Centre de Transit et d'Orientation, a UNICEF-supported reintegration centre for children associated with armed groups, in Kananga, Kasaï region, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UN will do ‘utmost to prevent and mitigate any risk of violence’ in DR Congo, pledges Mission chief

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on mercenary activities as a source of insecurity and destabilization in Africa.

World must do more to tackle ‘shadowy’ mercenary activities undermining stability in Africa, says UN chief

Youth Corner

Betty Kariuki (right), YALI’s director of partnerships, with some of the beneficiaries. Betty Kariuki

Partnerships: Creating opportunities for youth

Benedict Faustine Kikove

An ‘ambassador’ for people’s rights

Mohamed Orman Bangura

A legacy of youth empowerment

Students of the Africa Leadership University School of Business graduate in Kigali.

Culture and Education

Preparing Africa’s graduates for today’s jobs

Latest Photo

— Ibrahim Mayaki, chief executive officer of the the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which is currently transforming into the African Union Development Agency (AUDA)—the implementing arm of the AU.

Africa’s regional integration will benefit all

—Bience Gawanas, Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa

I am optimistic about Africa’s future

Culture & Education

Teacher and Franciscan brother Peter Mokaya Tabichi, 36, holds his Global Teacher Award as he is cheered on by his students at Keriko Secondary School in Njoro, Nakuru county. Getty Images/ Tony Karumba

Global Teacher Prize winner champions STEM

Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye.

Bigger than Africa: Tales of the Yoruba people

Black eye peas

Black-eyed peas: A taste of Africa in the Americas

Moustapha Cisse, head of Google’s AI centre in Accra, Ghana. The centre is Google’s first in Africa. Photo: Moustapha Cisse

Africa Wired: Artificial intelligence offers benefits for Africa

Medina of Fez in Morocco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site frequented by tourists. Photo: Davidlohr Bueso

Africa Watch: Morocco tourism gains momentum