No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls
Stories & Blogs UN-WomenMar 04, 2026(News )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.
Africa Takes Off with AI
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaFeb 19, 2026(News )Youth, Innovation and New Partnerships Shape the Continent’s Digital Future
Liberia steps up trade standards: President Boakai commissions new LiSA headquarters and laboratories
Stories & Blogs UNIDOFeb 19, 2026(News )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
Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
Stories & Blogs WHONov 12, 2025(News )The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.
From Copenhagen to Doha: Why the Second World Summit for Social Development Matters for Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaNov 05, 2025(News )World leaders are gathering in Doha this week for the Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD2), three decades after the first Summit in Copenhagen. For Africa, this gathering is not a commemorative moment, but a pivotal opportunity to rally partn
IFAD calls for more partnerships and investments to scale up jobs programme for youth in Africa.
Stories & Blogs IFADOct 16, 2025(News )Youth leaders, policymakers, development practitioners, and partners from across Africa called for further partnerships and new investments in the Agribusiness Hubs (ABH).
Cameroon: A beacon of hope for adolescents and young people living with HIV.
Stories & Blogs WHO-AfricaOct 16, 2025(News )Young people aged 15 to 24 accounted for nearly 19% of new infections, with 2,228 cases recorded that year—a 49% drop compared to the 4,550 new infections reported in 2019.
Trade for economic empowerment and gender equality: What comes next.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADOct 16, 2025(News )Sustained efforts are underway to ensure that the benefits of trade are shared more broadly and that trade policy powers a more prosperous future leaving no one behind.
Mind the gap: Getting digital-ready for shared prosperity.
Stories & Blogs UNCTADOct 15, 2025(News )From policy and reforms to infrastructure and cooperation, a new study unpacks what developing economies need to harness digital trade for inclusive growth.
WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs WHOOct 14, 2025(News )The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and wider adoption of WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) in sub-Saharan Africa.