United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) - Africa

ECA Develops an Automotive Policy Framework to support Namibia and Lesotho’s Integration into the Automotive Regional Value Chain.(Story)

Sep 05, 2025

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA SRO SA) organised a virtual workshop on 2nd September 2025 to review and validate the draft automotive policy framework for Namibia and Lesotho leveraging feed

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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province.(News)

Sep 04, 2025

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health workers, have been reported as of 4 September 2025.

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Mali: Türk deplores indefinite suspension of elections, deepening crackdown on civil society.(Press Release)

Sep 04, 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in Mali, amid deepening democratic reversals, rising insecurity and a crackdown on civil society.

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Urgent push needed to achieve reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent – UN report(Press Release)

Sep 03, 2025

The UN Human Rights Office today published a report calling on States and others to double down on delivering reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent, including through formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation, medical and ps

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Cameroon: Restrictions on civic space risk undermining presidential election, Türk warns(Press Release)

Sep 02, 2025

Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead up to the presidential election in October raise fears about whether voters can freely express their will, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today.

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Over 500 days of siege: Women and girls trapped in El Fasher face the risk of starvation and death.(Statement)

Sep 02, 2025

For more than 500 days, women and girls in El Fasher, North Darfur, have borne the brunt of a relentless siege.

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United Nations Secretary-General Appoints Denise Brown of Canada as United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan.(Announcement)

Sep 02, 2025

Prior to that, she served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)

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Diene Keita appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).(Press Release)

Aug 29, 2025

Ms. Diene Keita was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General.

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