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Bringing rural women to the frontline
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and executive director of UN Women, recently began a second term in office. In her first term, she drew attention to women's issues globa...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 16:29hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting and an odd casino. Now, the tide ha...Published: 22 Sep 2015 at 06:19hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Africa grapples with a jobless growth
Until recently, rising demands for African commodities boosted most of the region's economies. Yet unemployment, especially among the youth, remains high. Africa Renewal's Franck Kuwonu spoke with Aen...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:43hrs | | by Africa Renewal
If you want to liberate your body, liberate your mind
Recently the United Nations declared 2015-2024 as the International Decade for the People of African Descent. Africa Renewal‘s Masimba Tafirenyika sat down with the president of the 69th session of ...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Ebola: This catastrophe must never happen again
Following the Ebola virus outbreak, the United Nations set up its first-ever public health mission – the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) to deal with the pandemic. In this inte...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 17:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Africa's economy set for dramatic changes - Carlos Lopes
Following the launch of the 2014 Economic Report on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, att...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 06:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Political stability remains a challenge
Political stability remains a challengeIn April 2014, the United Nations Security Council authorized the establishment of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Centr...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 20:07hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Africa's priorities for sustainable development
In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, African heads of state and ministers have been meeting on a consensus response. Africa's priority areas are highlighted below....Published: 21 Jun 2012 at 19:47hrs | | by Africa Renewal
For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Africa's cities are growing very rapidly. By 2050, 1.2 billion people, or 60 per cent of all Africans, will live in urban areas. For the United Nations Human Settlements Programme - known as UN-Habita...Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 18:59hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Malian women create beauty and profit through local fabrics
Hand-dyed polished cotton - called bazin - is the mainstay of Malian fashion. The blind singers Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia extolled the fabric in a song released in 2005, "Beaux dimanches" ("B...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 20:52hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural Africa
Imagine you are in Yokadouma, a rural community in eastern Cameroon with little electricity and inaccessible roads. You have an old, inexpensive mobile phone with which you can only make and receive ...Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 21:35hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor I Africa Renewal
'Development is not going to happen without women': UN
Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa In South Africa and Mozambique, women have reach...Published: 10 Nov 2011 at 20:16hrs | | by Africa Renewal
In south of the Sahara, echoes of the northern revolutions
As the "Arab Spring" of mass protests for democracy that is roiling much of North Africa and the Middle East slips past mid-year, activists and power holders across Africa continue to follow the unfol...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 12:58hrs | | by Africa Renewal editorial team
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