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From Africa Renewal:

August - November 2019

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South African climate activists. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Taking action on climate change

Medina of Fez in Morocco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site frequented by tourists.

Africa Watch: Morocco tourism gains momentum

Bamboo bikes on display.

Young Africans create green businesses

A student holding an SDG badge (top). Students holding vegetables from the school garden (left). Brian (WEYE Clean Energy) displays a bag of briquettes (right). Photo: Solomon Musisi

Ugandan students turn waste to wealth

Members of the Samburu tribe in Kenya. Samburu women pastoralists are affected by climate change. Getty Images /Kitra Cahana

Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change

—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director

Pushing for a green economy & clean energy

Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Africa’s free trade area: the journey begins

Musicians perform on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, on International Jazz Day 2019. Photo: Mauro Vombe

Peace through jazz music

Child with autism spectrum disorder.

Bringing hope to children with autism

Liberia’s Vice president, Jewel Howard Taylor, opens the country’s first school for autistic children. (bottom) A desk in the classroom. Agnes Fallah Kamara

How I set up Liberia’s first school for autistic children

Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management

Africans can do business with the UN

In Torit, South Sudan, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) carries out mechanical and manual demining exercises. UN Photo/Martine Perret

Peace and Security

IEDs: tackling terrorists’ weapon of war

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Peace and Security

Reshaping the forces

Mohamed Orman Bangura

A legacy of youth empowerment

Benedict Faustine Kikove

An ‘ambassador’ for people’s rights

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

Economic Development

Book Review: Sustainable Development Goals: Hope for humanity

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