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.
Urgent push needed to achieve reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent – UN report
Stories & Blogs OHCHRSep 03, 2025(Press Release )The UN Human Rights Office today published a report calling on States and others to double down on delivering reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent, including through formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation, medical and ps
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.
From pledges to action: The Second International Decade for People of African Descent
Stories & Blogs OHCHRAug 29, 2025(Story )“People of colour, people of African descent, marginalised communities, Indigenous communities […] we have to advocate in the best way that we possibly can for justice, human rights, equal opportunity,” said Emelda Davis
Sustaining efforts to end mpox outbreaks in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 14, 2025(News )One year since World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), African countries have scaled up response measures and made progress to curb the spread of the virus.
Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 08, 2025(News )The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone.
Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 08, 2025(News )In Burkina Faso, improving access to obstetric care is a major strategic focus in the efforts to curb maternal mortality.
Africa speaks out: WHO consultations bring urgency and hope to health worker migration crisis.
Stories & Blogs WHOAug 04, 2025(News )From Praia to Port Louis, governments and health professionals are sounding the alarm: Africa is losing too many of its trained health workers to international migration
ITC SheTrades and Visa expand partnership to support women and youth entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs ITCJul 28, 2025( Press Release )The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) SheTrades initiative and Visa announce a regional capacity building programme to support women and youth-led businesses in Kenya and South Africa, expanding their partnership into sub-Saharan Africa.
Global childhood vaccination coverage holds steady, yet over 14 million infants remain unvaccinated – WHO, UNICEF.
Stories & Blogs WHOJul 15, 2025(News )In 2024, 89% of infants globally – about 115 million – received at least one dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine, and 85% – roughly 109 million – completed all three doses.