Gabriel proves “disability is not inability” and strengthens efforts to make aid more accountable
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )“People often think it’s challenging to work with someone living with visual impairment. But once we start working together, they realize I have something valuable to offer,” said Longes Gabriel with a smile.
Cabo Verde launches financial strategy to secure climate investment.
Stories & Blogs ECA (News )Cabo Verde has launched a new Financial Strategy and Implementation Roadmap to unlock critical funding for climate action and sustainable development.
As the world looks away, women suffer in silence
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Donors’ brutal funding cuts to humanitarian aid are having a devastating impact on programmes that specifically support women and girls at risk of gender-based violence.
Tanzania hosts continental push for inclusive internet governance.
Stories & Blogs ECA (News )More than 1,000 delegates from across the continent and beyond gathered in Dar es Salaam from 29 to 31 May for the 14th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF).
“We have no one else.” Families on the brink in Nigeria’s worst hunger crisis in five years.
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Without adequate assistance, at least 280,000 severely malnourished children are at a high risk of death during this year’s lean season.
Malawi: Safe spaces nurture drought-affected women and girls.
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )"I am happy I was able to return to school after giving birth," said Thokozani, 20, from Balaka district, southern Malawi.
Sudanese aid worker: “It feels like someone turned off the light on us”
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )When the world stops looking, we stop living,” Mokhtar said.
Seeds of hope: Zambia’s fight against drought
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Zambia is enduring its worst drought in four decades, with devastating consequences for people across the country.
Mozambique: Rebuilding lives in Cabo Delgado
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )The impact of the seven-year conflict in Cabo Delgado remains profound, affecting internally displaced people, host communities and returnees.
Inaugurating Renovated Hall, Secretary-General Calls to ‘Renew Pledge to Work for People of Africa’
Stories & Blogs ECA (News )UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the inauguration of the renovated Africa Hall, in Addis Ababa on Monday 21 October 2024. It is an enormous pleasure to join all of you for this moment of history — in this house of history. I thank all o