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
The UN’s Next 80 Years Depend on Africa’s Next 10
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaOct 22, 2025(Blog )The United Nations turns 80 this year. It should be a celebration. Instead, it feels like a reckoning. Multilateralism as we know it, is in crisis: too slow where it should be agile, too fragmented where it should be cohesive, too exclusive where it shoul
"Now is the time to choose": UN Chief's remarks at the General Assembly.
Stories & Blogs UNSDGSep 23, 2025(Announcement )“…The pillars of peace and progress are buckling under the weight of impunity, inequality, and indifference…” UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
“A war of atrocities:” Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports international crimes on large-scale
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 05, 2025(Press Release )Rival forces in Sudan are deliberately targeting the devastated nation’s civilian population, committing atrocities including war crimes on a large scale, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan said in its latest report today.
Mali: Türk deplores indefinite suspension of elections, deepening crackdown on civil society.
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 04, 2025(Press Release )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.
Cameroon: Restrictions on civic space risk undermining presidential election, Türk warns
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 02, 2025(Press Release )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.
Hope in Every Dose : How Global Fund Support is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, and HIV across Africa
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaJul 02, 2025(Story )“Now I understand it’s to keep him safe,” N’beta said, watching Seco become one of 250,000 children protected in 2024 with a simple but life-saving dose.
One Ocean Finance: UN & Partners Join Forces to unlock billions for marine sectors,
Stories & Blogs UNSDGJun 09, 2025(UNSDG Story )A collective of United Nations agencies and global partners launched the co-design process for One Ocean Finance.
Holding Fast to SDG Commitments: UN Chief's remarks at the 2025 ECOSOC OAS
Stories & Blogs UNSDGMay 20, 2025(Announcement )The Sustainable Development Goals are alarmingly off-track, UN SG remarked.
Sudan: UN expert calls for end to attacks on critical civilian infrastructure amidst intensifying drone strikes.
Stories & Blogs OHCHRMay 19, 2025(Press Release )The designated Expert on human rights in Sudan of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed deep concern at the recent intensification of drone strikes and the expansion of the conflict to Red Sea state in eastern Sudan.