United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) - Africa

No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls(News)

Mar 04, 2026

From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, said UN Women today.

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Liberia steps up trade standards: President Boakai commissions new LiSA headquarters and laboratories(News)

Feb 19, 2026

In a significant step towards strengthening Liberia’s enabling business environment and safeguarding public health, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., officially commissioned the newly renovated headquarters and laboratories of the Liberia Standards Auth

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Eastern Africa outpaces continent in growth, but economic divergence clouds integration(Story)

Feb 17, 2026

A clear takeaway emerged: Eastern Africa is progressing—but not yet progressing together.

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Putting the African state and its institutions at the centre of development (Article)

Feb 13, 2026

As AU Summit opens, two UN OSAA reports underscore a clear message: no durable peace without strong, legitimate and well resourced states

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ECA sub-regional office for southern Africa transitions to clean energy with ground-breaking hybrid solar system(Story)

Feb 05, 2026

The Contract Close-Out Session marked the successful completion of a pioneering hybrid photovoltaic (PV) solar system at its Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) in Lusaka, Zambia.

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WFP calls for safe humanitarian access as conflict escalates in South Sudan's Jonglei State (News)

Jan 30, 2026

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today calling on all parties to the conflict to urgently halt military operations, de-escalate the situation, and allow safe humanitarian access to deliver life-saving food assistance to hundreds of thousan

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How Gen Z is Redefining Governance in Africa (Blog)

Jan 29, 2026

Jide Okeke explores how by blending digital-age accountability with institutional design, youth-led movements could transform how African societies govern themselves in the twenty-first century.

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UNDP and Africell offer better digital connectivity to young innovators in Sierra Leone and The Gambia (Press Release)

Jan 23, 2026

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.

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