The Nashulai conservancy, on the edge of the Maasai Mara, is reviving ancient practices to protect the ecosystem.
Progress made towards sustainable development by the Atlantic Ocean nation, Cape Verde, is under serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the United Nations’ most senior official in the country. In this blog, UN Resident Coordinator Ana Patricia Graça, explains how the UN is supporting the small island country to rebound from the impact of the virus.
Sierra Leone lifted its ban on pregnant girls attending school this year. Will Tanzania do the same?
A music producer remixes an old classic to correct some injustices of the past.
The measures include a ban on indoor and outdoor gatherings, and a night curfew, until 15 January.
Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October.
Kumerra Gemechu's phone and computer have also been seized by police, his family says.
Violence in Cabo Delgado province has continued to escalate throughout 2020.
Ethiopia's leader says Eritrea armed his troops when they first came under attack in Tigray region.
The polls are held in a country where rebels controls key towns and UN troops face deadly attacks.
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the security forces in Niger to “make every effort” to protect civilians as they take part in Sunday’s elections.
Catherine Nakalembe won this year's Africa Food Prize for pioneering work using satellite images.
Ikram Abdi Omar was the UK's first hijab-wearing model to feature on the cover of Vogue.
After protests, a strike, and lockdown, Kiki, a student from Lagos, Nigeria, can’t wait for the year to be over.
On the eve of general elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Secretary-General has called on all stakeholders to ensure that the polls are held in a peaceful, inclusive and credible manner.
The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Friday’s attacks that killed three Burundian peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) and left another two wounded.
A Kenyan entrepreneur is being lauded by the UN for developing a machine that recycles discarded plastic into paving stones for use in construction projects.
A former refugee considers the importance of memory for those who lose everything in the chaos of war.
Days before Sunday’s election, armed clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted the “serious concern” of the UN aid coordinator in the country.
The UN refugee agency commended Chad on Friday for adopting its first-ever asylum law, which will enhance the protection of the nearly 480,000 refugees it is hosting by providing key elements for their socio-economic inclusion.
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