United Nations Country Teams (UNCTs) - Africa

Eastern Africa outpaces continent in growth, but economic divergence clouds integration(Story)

Feb 17, 2026

A clear takeaway emerged: Eastern Africa is progressing—but not yet progressing together.

ECA sub-regional office for southern Africa transitions to clean energy with ground-breaking hybrid solar system(Story)

Feb 05, 2026

The Contract Close-Out Session marked the successful completion of a pioneering hybrid photovoltaic (PV) solar system at its Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) in Lusaka, Zambia.

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WFP calls for safe humanitarian access as conflict escalates in South Sudan's Jonglei State (News)

Jan 30, 2026

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today calling on all parties to the conflict to urgently halt military operations, de-escalate the situation, and allow safe humanitarian access to deliver life-saving food assistance to hundreds of thousan

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How Gen Z is Redefining Governance in Africa (Blog)

Jan 29, 2026

Jide Okeke explores how by blending digital-age accountability with institutional design, youth-led movements could transform how African societies govern themselves in the twenty-first century.

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UNDP and Africell offer better digital connectivity to young innovators in Sierra Leone and The Gambia (Press Release)

Jan 23, 2026

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Africell are teaming up to provide better digital connectivity to UNDP’s timbuktoo University Innovation Pods (UniPods) in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

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Humanitarian aid cuts push millions deeper into hunger amid rising violence and population displacement in West and Central Africa (News)

Jan 16, 2026

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that without urgent resources and action, the most vulnerable people in West and Central Africa are headed for yet another dire year.

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Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals: Our Race to the Top (Story)

Nov 12, 2025

On 12 December 2015, the world reached consensus on the Paris Agreement – our legally binding, universal treaty to combat climate catastrophe.

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Echoes of Peace in Sudan(Story)

Nov 12, 2025

I have always thought about the contradictions of life, how pain and comfort live side by side. Imagine this paradox for a moment.

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