Op-Ed

A group of survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, shown in 1998.

Op-Ed

Genocide perpetrators must be brought to book

Let’s learn from the past and protect all populations from atrocities — International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, 7 April 2022

By Alice Wairimu Nderitu

Trucks loaded with goods waiting for weeks to cross the C?te d’Ivoire-Ghana borders at Elubo/Noe.

Op-Ed

Decade of Action: Fixing Africa’s development deficit

A shift in ideology, building on COVID-19 recovery and leveraging the SDG agenda can help

By Fredrick Mugisha

Munyaradzi Chenje, the outgoing Regional Director, Regional Office for Africa, UN Development Coordi

Op-Ed

Reflections on my career with the UN

On the eve of my retirement, I look back at the lessons from what I call the ‘university of life and service’.

By Munyaradzi Chenje

Op-Ed

How COVID-19 has impacted the SDGs in Africa

2021 SDGs report finds some remarkable progress, but the pandemic has hit hard.

By Yongyi Min

A woman in Mali works in a greenhouse which is pioneering substantial agricultural techniques close

Op-Ed

The world’s most urgent mission

By António Guterres

Op-Ed

COVID-19 crisis amplifies the urgency for economic diversification in Africa

Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

By Njuguna Ndung’u

Group picture of participants at the launched of the African Women Leaders Network

Op-Ed

African Women Leaders Network: A movement for the transformation of Africa

Through its National Chapters, the African Women Leaders Network is mobilizing women towards a continental movement that will elevate the status of women's leadership in Africa.

By Bineta Diop and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka