November 11, 2022
Africa: Leaders from Western Indian Ocean countries share progress on Great Blue Wall at COP27
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, 9 November 2022 (ECA) – At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik, heads of state and senior government officials from the Western Indian Ocean region and… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: Global leaders urged to scale up action on the Great Blue Wall Initiative
Sharm El-Sheikh, 7 November 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today kickstarted its COP 27 activities with a gathering of global leaders who expressed… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: ECA unveils the Africa Hall renovation project – An upgrade to a living symbol of African history
Addis Ababa, 11 October 2022 (ECA) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized its monthly Press Briefing on "Africa Hall and Pan-Africanism: Past,… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Africa: In Abuja, stakeholders gather to share experiences on the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) implementation
Abuja, Nigeria, 28 September 2022 - The ECA, UNDP, DESA and UNICEF are jointly organising a regional training workshop titled "Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF) and… Read more »
Africa: ECA provides IT equipment to support census digitization in Togo
Lomé, 27 September 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has handed over 15,000 electronic tablets and accessories to the government of Togo to be used for… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: ECA empowers French-speaking African journalists on the African Continental Free Trade Area
Dakar, 7 September 2022 - The African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), supported by the European Union, kicked off a… Read more »
August 13, 2022
Africa: ECA and UN Climate Champions host expert group meeting on developing a high-integrity carbon market in Africa
Addis Ababa, 4 August 2022 (ECA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) hosted an expert group meeting to discuss the development of African carbon credit markets, in… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Africa: ECA and UN Climate Champions host African Roundtable to mobilize investment for climate-resilient projects in Africa
Addis Ababa, 5 August 2022 (ECA) - Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Climate Champions hosted… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Africa: An Economic Tsunami Is About to Hit the Poorest Countries: Inaction by the G20 Will Make it Worse
When G20 Finance Ministers meet this weekend in Bali, their meeting will likely be no more harmonious than their Foreign Minister counterparts managed ten days ago. But the world,… Read more »
July 14, 2022
Africa: The Financial System Africa Needs
Africa's vast economic potential is no secret. But tapping it will be possible only if major developed countries and emerging economies work together to design a more inclusive and… Read more »
February 09, 2022
Africa: Africa's Transport Sector to Strongly Benefit from African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to increase intra-African trade in transport services by nearly 50%, according to the latest estimates by the… Read more »
December 05, 2020
Africa: African Union Approves Start of Trading Under AfCFTA On 1 January Next Year As Earlier Agreed
African leaders at a summit today have approved that trading should start on 1 January next year as scheduled on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and… Read more »
November 14, 2020
Africa: Guterres Congratulates Biden and Harris, Hails UN-Us Partnership As 'Essential Pillar'
Senior UN officials have offered their congratulations to the president-elect of the United States Joe Biden, and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, on their election victory… Read more »
October 25, 2020
Africa: Step Up Action to Achieve Covid-19 Ceasefire, Guterres Says in UN Day Message
The UN's 75th anniversary this Saturday, which falls as countries continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, is an opportunity to accelerate action to achieve a global ceasefire… Read more »
August 20, 2020
Africa: UN Salutes Real-Life Heroes Doing 'Extraordinary Things, in Extraordinary Times'
Marking World Humanitarian Day, top UN officials are honouring the workers overcoming "huge challenges" to save and improve the lives of millions of women, men and children, hit… Read more »
July 22, 2020
Africa: African Ambassadors and UN in China Hold Dialogue On Socio-Economic Response to Covid-19
A Dialogue between the UN in China and the African Ambassadors in Beijing was held today with a focus on the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-economic Response to COVID-19. It… Read more »
June 15, 2020
Africa: Citing 'Weight of History', Senior UN Officials of African Descent Issue Call to 'Go Beyond and Do More' to End Racism
A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who are African or of African descent, have put their… Read more »
April 24, 2020
Africa: UN Sets Up Regional Knowledge Hub to Fight COVID-19
As the world grapples with an unprecedented global health crisis of COVID-19, the United Nations (UN) development system stepped its concerted efforts in providing valuable… Read more »
Africa: Niger On the Way Towards the Implementation of the United Nations Legal Identity Agenda
As part of the framework of the implementation of the United Nations Legal Identity Agenda (UNLIA / IJNU), an exploratory mission was carried out in Niger, from March 9 to 13,… Read more »
April 14, 2020
Africa: António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) Video Message On COVID-19 and Misinformation
As the world fights the deadly COVID-19 pandemic - the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War - we are also seeing another epidemic -- a dangerous… Read more »
April 11, 2020
Africa: 60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response As Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries' Finances
Governments must take immediate steps to prevent a potentially devastating debt crisis and address the economic and financial havoc wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic - says a new… Read more »
April 08, 2020
Rwanda: 'Say No to Hate Speech and Xenophobia', Urges Guterres, Marking 26 Years Since Genocide in Rwanda
Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that "we… Read more »
March 12, 2020
Africa: Flagship UN Study Shows Accelerating Climate Change On Land, Sea and in the Atmosphere
A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing… Read more »
March 10, 2020
Africa: UN Family Remembers Colleagues Who Perished in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The United Nations family in Ethiopia on Tuesday held a memorial wreath-laying ceremony honoring the lives of 21 U.N. staff members who died last year when an Ethiopian Airlines… Read more »
March 05, 2020
Africa: Statement By the Secretary-General On the Death of Javier Pérez De Cuéllar
I am profoundly saddened at the passing of my predecessor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. Read more »