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Africa holds 30 per cent of the world's critical mineral reserves, but will it capture the value of these resources? This article offers recommendations for Africa to maximize on critical minerals.

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look much smaller than it really is.

As global challenges become increasingly interconnected, Africa's perspectives and leadership will be essential in shaping effective and inclusive solutions. A dialogue with Foresight Africa.

Africa is the world's youngest continent, with creativity, energy, and the capacity to shape solutions that are relevant to current realities. Caring for the environment is about defining the future the youth want.

With the sector projected to reach $200 billion by 2030, artists, entrepreneurs and policymakers at ADIF 2026 examined how investment can turn artistic talent into economic transformation

Africa’s young people are not only the future; they are shaping the present. The responsibility of the United Nations, national governments, and our partners is to match that reality with humility, coherence, and action.

The 2026 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR) sets the direction to intensify efforts on the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063 in the lead-up to 2030.

The African Union's Agenda 2063 offers a bold blueprint for "The Africa We Want," while the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a universal pathway toward prosperity, inclusion, and sustainability.

Why water must be managed not as a crisis, but as Africa’s most strategic asset, and a catalyst for inclusive growth, climate resilience, and lasting peace. Africa's prosperity hinges on the management of this critical…

The generation after 2030 can inherit something different, if Africa's leadership chooses now to govern water as what it already is: a driver of economic transformation, a foundation of peace, and the most important asset the…

Despite vast agricultural potential, Africa still imports billions of dollars’ worth of food and depends heavily on food aid. Dr. Meshack Malo is the Deputy Regional Representative for Africa at the Food and Agriculture…

The African Union has pronounced their theme for 2026 to be: ‘Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063’. In an opinion piece, AUC Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali…