AfCFTA to increase demand for transport by 50%
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )The transport sector is forecast to be one of the big winners from implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Busani Bafana highlights the findings of a report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
Africa struggles to finance Sustainable Development Goals
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )Poorer countries are facing a potentially disastrous cash crunch as aid and capital flows dry up. But innovative financing models can, with international support, bridge the gap. Report by Neil Ford.
How can African countries improve their credit ratings?
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )It is essential to raise additional finance if Africa’s SDGs are to keep on track. Jean-Marc Kilolo outlines how the UN Economic Commission for Africa is helping countries improve their credit ratings and search out innovative ways of financing.
Carbon trading offers rich rewards for Africa
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )The global carbon credit market is valued at around $909bn. Africa is beginning to tap into this lucrative resource but a more coordinated effort across the continent could reap rich benefits, writes Faustine Ngila.
Climate-smart African agribusiness could be world leader
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )Africa can be a world leader in food system transformation that also alleviates poverty and protects the environment, but it will take collaborative and co-ordinated work, argue Angela Churie Kallhauge, [et. al]
UNOAU and Amani Africa Hold Policy Dialogue ‘Towards a Renewed AU-UN Partnership: Financing of African Union-led Peace Support Operations’
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The policy dialogue focused on the options of financing AU-led PSOs laid out in the SG’s report as well as the next steps with regards to the use of UN-assessed contributions.
UNOAU Provides Technical Support to the AU in the Delivery of a Course On ‘Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning’
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The aim of the course was to expose participants to various monitoring and evaluation tools to make them more accountable in the implementation of AU peace support operations’ (PSO) mandates.
SRSG To the AU and Head of UNOAU Attends High-Level Policy Dialogue on Africa’s Post-Cold War Security Architecture
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )The dialogue took account of shifting trends and threats following the 1992 publication of UNSG Boutros-Ghali’s Agenda for Peace, and is in anticipation of UNSG Guterres’s pending publication of a New Agenda for Peace. Academics
AUPSC Communiqué |1156th Meeting on the Situation in Sudan on 27 May 2023
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Communiqué )With deep concern, the Council strongly condemned the senseless and unjustified conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces
Africa Day 2023: UN Secretary-General’s Message
Stories & Blogs UNOAU (Story )“Africa’s dynamism is unstoppable; its potential is breathtaking, from the vibrancy of its huge number of young people to the possibilities of free trade” António Guterres.