Africa: World Health Day 2020

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Africa: Stronger Partnerships Crucial for Successful Implementation of SDGs in Light of COVID-19

The Bureau of the Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) has met and adopted an action plan establishing key priorities for implementing key… Read more »

West Africa: Status of the Implementation of the AfCFTA in West Africa

Signed by 52 African countries, the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), judging by the number of participating countries, is the most important… Read more »

Africa: Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 On Statistical Systems in Africa

The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has engaged with directors general of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) in Africa to discuss… Read more »

Africa: African Ministers of Finance - Immediate Call for $100 Billion Support and Agreement the Crisis Is Deep and Recovery Will Take Much Longer.

The second online meeting of the African Ministers of Finance took place on 31 March 2020 in the context of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa. The first meeting of the… Read more »

Africa: Prevention As the Best Weapon Against the Pandemic in Niger

On March 19, the Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the Niger Budget, Mr. Ahmat Jidoud, participated with his counterparts from other African countries in the Virtual… Read more »

Africa: African Finance Ministers - Urgent Need for $100bn Immediate Emergency Financing for Covid-19

African Ministers of Finance held a second virtual meeting Tuesday, against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa. The meeting was hosted by Vera Songwe, Executive… Read more »

Africa: ECA Contributes Awareness Materials to Aid Ethiopia's Fight Against Covid-19

The Economic Commission for Africa and the UN Communications Group last week handed over to the Government of Ethiopia, awareness materials to ensure ordinary citizens have access… Read more »

Africa: A Sustainable Global Economy Must Arise Once Covid-19 Pandemic Is Reversed, UN Chief Tells G-20 Summit

They will also expand manufacturing capacity to meet the huge and increasing demand for medical supplies, which will be made available at an affordable price and in the shortest… Read more »

Africa: UN Launches Major Humanitarian Appeal to Keep Covid-19 From 'Circling Back Around the Globe'

To confront the unprecedented worldwide challenge posed by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, top UN officials on Wednesday, launched a massive humanitarian appeal to mitigate its… Read more »

Africa: Three Things the G20 Must Do to Support Africa in Covid-19 Pandemic

This is a global crisis affecting the whole world. Africa, however, will be hit harder with a heavy and durable economic toll, which will threaten progress and prospects, widen… Read more »

Africa: Report On African Ministers of Finance Meeting

Over 41 African countries are now hit with the Coronavirus. The numbers have gone from below 70 people affected ten days ago, to over 1,200 as of March 22, 2020. Read more »

Africa: Songwe Meets General Service Staff in Coronavirus Town Hall

Executive Secretary Vera Songwe on Thursday held a town hall meeting with general service staff members on mitigation and precaution measures the United Nations is putting in place… Read more »

Africa: African Finance Ministers Call for Coordinated Covid-19 Response to Mitigate Adverse Impact On Economies and Society

African Finance Ministers met on 19 March in a virtual conference to exchange ideas on the efforts of their respective governments in dealing with the social and economic impacts… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 - UN 'Remains Open for Business', Determined to Deliver for the People We Serve, Says UN Chief

In light of the continuing spread of the coronavirus, the UN has stepped up measures to safeguard staff and all those using its offices around the world, while at the same time… Read more »

Africa: ECA Estimates Billions Worth of Losses in Africa Due to Covid-19 Impact

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Friday warned the unfolding coronavirus crisis could seriously dent Africa's already stagnant growth with oil exporting nations losing… Read more »

Africa: Congo Gears Up for Inclusive and Diversified Growth of 9 Percent

A wide range of actors from around twenty sectors and social strata have today teamed up with the Government of the Republic of Congo and the UN Economic Commission Africa (CECA)… Read more »

Africa: Comprehensive and Complete Crvs Systems Crucial to Africa's Development, Says ECA's Chinganya

Civil registration and vital statistics systems are central to any country's development process hence the need for every African country to maintain a comprehensive and complete… Read more »

Africa: Five Things You Should Know Now About the Covid-19 Pandemic

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the status of the COVID-19 outbreak from epidemic to pandemic. Here are five important pieces of information on what this… Read more »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Fcfa 595.6 Billion Required to Kick-Start Chad's Industrial Masterplan

Experts describe the new Industrialization and Economic Diversification Masterplan (PDIDE) as the necessary trigger for an economic miracle in this Sahelian country Read more »

Africa: Member States Agree to Fully Implement the Beijing Declaration On Gender Equality, Addressing Gaps That Hold Women Back

The Political Declaration adopted today is the outcome of the 64th Commission on the Status of Women, taking stock of women's rights on the 25th anniversary of the Beijing… Read more »

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 »

Africa: The Gambia Validates National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy

Banjul, The Gambia 3 March 2020 - The Gambia's government, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is holding a validation workshop on its… Read more »