Cyclones Devastated Madagascar’s Poorest Communities, New Satellite Analysis Reveals
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )Cyclone Fytia hit the west coast between 31 January and 1 February, followed by Cyclone Gezani, which made landfall near Toamasina on 10 February.
ECOWAS joins the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure: Strengthening risk-informed development in West Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )ECOWAS's membership represents a strategic advancement for countries in West Africa, where recurrent hazards—including floods, droughts, coastal erosion, and epidemics—continue to threaten livelihoods, ecosystems, and infrastructure stability.
UNDP and Africell offer better digital connectivity to young innovators in Sierra Leone and The Gambia
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Africell are teaming up to provide better digital connectivity to UNDP’s timbuktoo University Innovation Pods (UniPods) in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
UN commends Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )Senior United Nations officials have commended the Government of Nigeria for its leadership in addressing internal displacement and called for sustained international engagement to ensure that long-term, development-anchored solutions are fully realized.
Africa’s Real Safety Net: AU and UNDP Launch a Landmark Report on Community-Based Social Protection October 8, 2025
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a groundbreaking joint report, “From the Ground Up: Community-Based Social Protection in Africa”, at the AU Symposium on Social Protection in Africa, held
UNAIDS releases new film about the importance of dialogue between parents and children around safe sex and HIV prevention.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )UNAIDS proudly presents, ‘Ghotul,’ a short film about a conversation between a daughter and her mother about how she met her father and how she navigated dating and relationships when she was younger.
At the World Health Summit, global parliamentarians meet with partners to strengthen political leadership in ending AIDS.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )Parliamentarians from around the world met with policymakers and partners at the World Health Summit in Berlin to foster dialogue on how to mobilize political will, defend equal rights and build inclusive and sustainable responses to HIV.
UNAIDS welcomes US announcement to expand access to medicine to prevent HIV and urges greater global ambition to reach all in need.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by the US State Department that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will be supporting an initiative by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to provide lenacapavir to up to 2 million people in
UNDP and CAICT partner to drive digital transformation across Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )The Africa Digital Empowerment and Innovation Hub will serve as a collaborative platform to co-create digital solutions, build institutional and human capacity, and promote South-South cooperation.
‘We do not give up! UNAIDS will continue to stand with governments and communities’ was the message at UNAIDS’ 56th board meeting.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )UNAIDS 56th Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting concluded in Geneva, Switzerland this week at an unprecedented moment in the AIDS response with sudden and drastic cuts to HIV funding by international donors.