Back to the farm: Africa’s youth power up food security.
Stories & Blogs WFPAug 11, 2025(Story )How WFP and the Mastercard Foundation support young Africans who are turning to agriculture, and making a successful living off the land.
ECA leads development of SADC just energy transition framework in Windhoek
Stories & Blogs ECAAug 06, 2025(Story )The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, has convened a consultative meeting of experts from 5 to 7 August 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, to advance the development of a regio
As hunger soars in northeastern Nigeria, WFP funds dry up
Stories & Blogs WFPAug 05, 2025(Story )Without urgent donations, 1.3 million people risk losing food assistance
Pastoralism gets a reboot in drying Kenya
Stories & Blogs WFPAug 04, 2025(Story )Young, educated and Internet savvy, a new generation of WFP-supported farmer-herders is fighting hunger and upending an ancient profession.
Africa is Setting the Table: Will the World Show Up?
Stories & Blogs UNSDGAug 01, 2025(Story )Following the recent UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4), DCO Regional Director for Africa Yacoub El-Hillo, reflects on Africa’s readiness to lead the transformation towards food sovereignty and the urgent call for global investment to match tha
UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit.
Stories & Blogs UNJul 22, 2025(Story )UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil fuel er
Building on AMCEN’s legacy: towards a resilient and sustainable Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 18, 2025(Story )The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment — AMCEN, it is time to reaffirm your commitment to protecting Africa’s natural heritage and promoting sustainable development.
From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life
Stories & Blogs UNJul 16, 2025(Story )Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of a blood diamond mining industry which contributed to a decade-long civil war.
Paving the Way for Small Modular Reactors to tackle Infrastructure Gaps for Energy Transition.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 03, 2025(Story )As Africa accelerates its journey towards a sustainable energy future, experts gathered in Kigali for the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa discussed the Potential of Small Modular and Micro Reactors in Accelerating Africa’s Energy Transition.
Progress underway towards a future of energy resilience in Africa.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 01, 2025(Story )Africa’s quest for accessible, affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is moving from vision to reality.