UNDP and the African Development Bank launch BRIDGE project to strengthen inclusive governance and women’s leadership
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Press Release )BRIDGE is coordinated through the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions (AFSIT), an African Union Commission (AUC)-UNDP joint initiative that provides targeted and catalytic support to African countries navigating complex political transitions.
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
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.
Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women report shows.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Women are lagging behind on measures such as unemployment benefits, pensions, or healthcare worldwide.
Press briefing at the Palais des Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )Hodan Addou, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa a.i., spoke about UN Women’s new report on the situation in Sudan.
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence.
Stories & Blogs UN Women (Press Release )New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced.