United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) - Africa

ECA and AfCFTA Secretariat Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance AfCFTA Implementation.(Story)

Feb 17, 2025

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the AfCFTA Secretariat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in supporting the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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Africa Business Forum 2025 concludes with renewed commitment to driving prosperity through regional value chains.(Story)

Feb 17, 2025

The Africa Business Forum, held at the Economic Commission for Africa’s Africa Hall, concluded with an invigorating discussion on the critical need to activate regional value chains to unlock Africa’s economic potential.

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Africa 'brimming with hope and possibility': Guterres(Story)

Feb 15, 2025

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, emphasized the potential of Africa and its young population and called for global reforms to right the injustices of the past, in remarks delivered to the high-level African Union (AU) summit on Saturday.

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Remarks by the UN Secretary-General at the opening of the 38th African Union Summit.(Story)

Feb 15, 2025

The partnership between the United Nations and the African Union has never been stronger. Together, we see an Africa brimming with hope and possibility.

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Secretary-General's Remarks at High-level Humanitarian Conference for the People of Sudan.(Story)

Feb 14, 2025

“Now the international community must show the same level of support to the Sudanese people in their moment of despair as the Sudanese people once showed to their neighbours in distress”. Said Antonio Guterres, Un Secretary General.

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UNHCR seeks urgent support as violence in eastern DR Congo leaves hundreds of thousands without shelter(Briefing Notes)

Feb 14, 2025

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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DR Congo displacement, health crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access(Story)

Feb 14, 2025

A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as M23 rebels make headway while aid routes are cut off, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.

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$6 Billion Needed to Support Nearly 21 Million Sudanese Facing Humanitarian Crisis of Staggering Scale, Brutality, Secretary-General Says Tells Aid Conference(Press Release)

Feb 14, 2025

The partnership between the United Nations and the African Union has never been stronger. Together, we see an Africa brimming with hope and possibility.

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