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South African climate activists. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Taking action on climate change

Medina of Fez in Morocco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site frequented by tourists.

Africa Watch: Morocco tourism gains momentum

Bamboo bikes on display.

Young Africans create green businesses

A student holding an SDG badge (top). Students holding vegetables from the school garden (left). Brian (WEYE Clean Energy) displays a bag of briquettes (right). Photo: Solomon Musisi

Ugandan students turn waste to wealth

Members of the Samburu tribe in Kenya. Samburu women pastoralists are affected by climate change. 鈥傗€侴etty Images /Kitra Cahana

Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change

鈥擩oyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme鈥檚 Deputy Executive Director

Pushing for a green economy & clean energy

Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Africa鈥檚 free trade area: the journey begins

Musicians perform on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, on International Jazz Day 2019. Photo:鈥侻auro Vombe

Peace through jazz music

Child with autism spectrum disorder.

Bringing hope to children with autism

Liberia鈥檚 Vice president, Jewel Howard Taylor, opens the country鈥檚 first school for autistic children. (bottom) A desk in the classroom. Agnes Fallah Kamara

How I set up Liberia鈥檚 first school for autistic children

Christian Saunders, 缅北禁地Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management

Africans can do business with the UN

In Torit, South Sudan, the 缅北禁地Mine Action Service (UNMAS) carries out mechanical and manual demining exercises. 鈥傗€� 缅北禁地Photo/Martine Perret

Peace and Security

IEDs: tackling terrorists鈥� weapon of war

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Peace and Security

Reshaping the forces

Mohamed Orman Bangura

A legacy of youth empowerment

Benedict Faustine Kikove

An 鈥榓mbassador鈥� for people鈥檚 rights

Moustapha Cisse, head of Google鈥檚 AI centre in Accra, Ghana. The centre is Google鈥檚 first in Africa. Photo: Moustapha Cisse

Africa Wired: Artificial intelligence offers benefits for Africa

Economic Development

Book Review: Sustainable Development Goals: Hope for humanity

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