Experts validate report on cross-border cocoa and rice value chains between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Stories & Blogs ECAAug 14, 2025(Story )In a pivotal move to strengthen regional trade and agricultural development, stakeholders from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana gathered to review a draft assessment report on cross-border cocoa and rice value chains.
UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict.
Stories & Blogs UNAug 14, 2025(Story )Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the previous year, the UN reported on Thursday. More than 4,600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression.
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
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
Advancing gender responsive land governance and women’s land tenure security.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 21, 2025(Press Release )Land remains one of Africa’s most vital yet contested natural resources, central to food security, livelihoods, inclusive growth, and community resilience.
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.
Greed is driving oceans toward collapse.
Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the a
Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP.
Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said.