WFP expands footprint in Khartoum as families starts to return to devastated capital.
Stories & Blogs WFPJun 10, 2025(News )The needs are immense. We saw widespread destruction, limited access to water, healthcare, and electricity, and a cholera outbreak.
Zimbabwe moves to streamline gender data reporting.
Stories & Blogs ECAJun 04, 2025(Story )Zimbabwe is overhauling how it tracks gender equality, following national consensus on a unified monitoring and reporting framework to fix fragmented systems, outdated data, inconsistent and unharmonized indicators for gender equality and women’s empowerm
What will it cost to build the cities of the future?
Stories & Blogs World BankJun 03, 2025(Blog )Cities are engines of economic growth and job creation, and their future pathways will shape global development outcomes for decades to come.
Digital technology – A game changer for Ghana’s agricultural input distribution.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 21, 2025(Blog )Delivering free or subsidized agricultural inputs to smallholder farmers in Ghana has always been a challenge—especially during emergencies, when speed is of essence
Sharing waters, transforming futures: CIWA's action for a climate-resilient Africa
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 19, 2025(Blog )In Sub-Saharan Africa, where over 90% of surface water crosses national boundaries, no country can secure its water future alone.
Greening West African Soils
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 16, 2025(Blog )The path to achieving a resilient agri-food sector to enhance food and nutrition security (FNS) stands at a crossroad in the West Africa region.
The hidden jobs engine: unleashing the potential of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
Stories & Blogs World BankMay 12, 2025(Blog )A common misunderstanding persists about job creation in Africa. Many envision cities as the epicenters of economic opportunity.
Operational updates on food assistance to famine-risk populations in Sudan.
Stories & Blogs WFPApr 25, 2025(News )This is a summary of what was said by Samatha Chattaraj, WFP’s Emergency Coordinator for Sudan.
WFP warns of rising hunger and malnutrition in Ethiopia as humanitarian needs outpace resources.
Stories & Blogs WFPApr 22, 2025(News )Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks, leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned.
Africa's Workforce at a Crossroads: Navigating Climate Change and the Green Transition
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 10, 2025(Story )A side event at the Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) brought together policymakers, economists, and development experts to address the critical challenges and opportunities facing Africa's workforce in the c