Lansana Gberie

Lansana Gberie

Lansana Gberie

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Record-breaking global migration

Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

Africa gains as WTO delivers breakthrough deals

“Geneva Package” includes deals on fish, intellectual property rights waiver and food security
An image of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

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.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (seated, third from left) in a camp for internally displaced persons in Bangassou, Central African Republic. Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN signals new era of partnership with Africa

Increased attention may prevent conflict on the continent
Destroyed buildings in Sirte, Libya. Photo: Panos/ Jeroen Oerlemans

Forgotten war: a crisis deepens in Libya but where are the cameras?

As Libya crisis escalates and UN and AU search for solutions, the media is missing in action
A patient at the JFK Medical Center and E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. World Bank/Dominic Chavez

Mental illness: Invisible but devastating

Superstitution often blamed for acute mental health diseases
A guest is checked with a metal detector at the entrance of a hotel in Yaounde, Cameroon. Photo: Panapress/Jean-Pierre Kepseu

Terrorism overshadows internal conflicts

As African countries scramble for solutions

Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo?

UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase

Is democracy under threat in West Africa?

Coups in Mali and Guinea-Bissau, democratic defence in Senegal
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