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Not Just Another Beautiful Sunset: Why the Ocean Matters More Than You May Think

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) and UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang (centre) participate in the High-Level Political Dialogue on Reparatory Justice during the Africa Dialogue Series 2025 at UN Headquarters in New York.

Justice can’t wait: Africa’s push for reparative justice takes center stage

Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award

Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla, a Sierra Leonean working with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Abyei, is transforming lives in one of Africa's most fragile regions.

Designer Sarah Diouf, with some of her Tongoro Couture designs.

Arts & Culture

Tongoro: Africa’s Fashion Renaissance

Africa Day Fashion designer Sarah Diouf brings “Made in Africa” to the world stage.

The Secretary-General Message on Africa Day

Op-Eds

Social Justice

Beyond compensation: Reparatory justice as a structural economic imperative for Africa

In 2025, the African Union has set a powerful and necessary theme: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations.” It is a call not just for reflection, but for clarity, courage, and a strategic reframing of the reparations discourse.

By Cristina Duarte

Climate

Conserving Gola forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for peace, sustainability

By Seraphine Wakana

Food Systems

22 billion reasons for Africa to invest in digital

Agricultural value chains for a crisis-driven world.

By Pamela Coke-Hamilton

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In The Spotlight: The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, stands as a powerful symbol of the transatlantic slave trade.

Human Rights

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.

Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.

Social Justice

Advocating for the justice and rights of people of African descent

Social Protection Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent lists economic empowerment, digital equity and solidarity as priorities.

Arts & Culture

Revolutionist returnees: Fulfilling dreams, finding freedom

Genealogy African Americans have a long history of going back to the motherland.

Arts & Culture

Partners in time: Reconnecting African Americans with their tribes of origin

Genealogy Ancestry Geneticist Rick Kittles and Gina Page helping families put together missing pieces of their heritage through African Ancestry.

Climate

Not Just Another Beautiful Sunset: Why the Ocean Matters More Than You May Think

Not Just Another Beautiful Sunset: Why the Ocean Matters More Than You May Think

Justice can’t wait: Africa’s push for reparative justice takes center stage

Zainab Gbla: The Peacekeeper who planted seeds of hope wins UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award

Tongoro: Africa’s Fashion Renaissance

The Secretary-General Message on Africa Day

Macroeconomic and social developments in Eastern Africa 2025

Dr. Omar Alieu Touray

ECOWAS at 50: Our focus remains peace, security and prosperity

Ebaide Quincee Omiunu

Beijing+30: Women can drive positive change in Africa

Peace and Security

UN Peacekeeper honoured for championing gender in Abyei

Peace and Security

Caught in the crossfire: The human toll of conflict in eastern DRC

Beyond compensation: Reparatory justice as a structural economic imperative for Africa

Conserving Gola forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for peace, sustainability

22 billion reasons for Africa to invest in digital

In The Spotlight: The Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

Advocating for the justice and rights of people of African descent

Revolutionist returnees: Fulfilling dreams, finding freedom

Partners in time: Reconnecting African Americans with their tribes of origin

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