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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Launches #IAMSahel Campaign to Foster Collective Action and Catalyse Investments in the Sahel

The campaign brings to the forefront the lived experiences of resilience and hope, spotlighting significant achievements and contributions of Sahelians, particularly women and youth

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (www.UNDP.org) today announced the launch of the #IAMSahel campaign. This transformative and storified initiative is designed to reshape global perceptions of the Sahel region, which has historically been viewed through a lens of adversity. Informed by current realities, the campaign highlights the strength, potential,…

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Soldiers and Citizens: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report highlights call for democratic renewal across Africa

A ground-breaking new report gathers views from 8,000 citizens across Africa to make sense of military coups and the new urgency toward democratic consolidation

Democracies across the globe have faced multiple challenges over the past decade, and Africa has been no exception. Between 2020 and 2022, the continent experienced six coups and three coup attempts: a sharp rise from the previous two decades. Drawing on its organizational mandate and its country-level presence across Africa,…

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African Union Commission and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly launch Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions

AFSIT aims at providing support to countries undergoing complex political transitions and countries at risk

The African Union Commission (AUC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (https://www.UNDP.org/) launched the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions (AFSIT), on the side-lines of the 5th African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 July 2023. AFSIT aims at providing support to countries undergoing complex political transitions…

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Guinea launches project aimed at strengthening the climate resilience of communities in its Forested region

The five-year US$8.85 million project is expected to directly benefit more than 651,800 people in the eight municipalities of Koulé, Kokota, Niosomoridou, Diécké, Bignamou, Wassérédou, Gouécké, and Mousadou

The Guinean government, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have officially launched a new project to increase the climate resilience and adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable communities in Guinée forestière (Forested Guinea).   With a focus on women and youth, the five-year US$8.85 million project is expected to directly…

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Groundwater Access Facility to Boost New Solutions to Horn of Africa Droughts

The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing the worst drought in 73 years and is about to face its sixth consecutive failed rainy season

The governments of Ethiopia and of The Netherlands, supported by technical partners including the World Bank Group, the United Nations Development Programme (https://www.UNDP.org/), the United Nations Children Fund, and the Children Investment Funds Foundation, call for the creation of a Groundwater Access Facility (GaFa) to sustainably use millions of cubic…

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Groundwater Access Facility to Boost New Solutions to Horn of Africa Droughts

The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing the worst drought in 73 years and is about to face its sixth consecutive failed rainy season

The governments of Ethiopia and of The Netherlands, supported by technical partners including the World Bank Group, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children Fund, and the Children Investment Funds Foundation, call for the creation of a Groundwater Access Facility (GaFa) to sustainably use millions of cubic kilometers…

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Hope for better jobs eclipses religious ideology as main driver of recruitment to violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa

New UN Development Programme report findings challenge traditional assumptions about what drives people to violent extremism, and highlight urgent need to move away from security-driven responses to development-based approaches focused on prevention

Hope of finding work is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report launched today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (www.UNDP.org). Among nearly 2,200 interviewees, one-quarter of voluntary recruits cited job opportunities as their primary reason for…

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    • Germany and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Launch the Africa Election Fund to Support Electoral Processes in Africa
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Germany and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Launch the Africa Election Fund to Support Electoral Processes in Africa

Strengthening democracy has become an urgent and renewed global responsibility

The German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (www.UNDP.org), launched the Africa Election Fund, to strengthen democracy in Africa through innovative, agile and timely support to electoral processes. Democracies across the world are being challenged in varying ways. Strengthening democracy has become an urgent and…

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Facing the impacts of climate change, agropastoralists in Africa are taking responsibility for their own development – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report

The report is based on the direct testimonies of 1,042 agropastoralists living in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda

To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in agropastoral communities, investments must facilitate seamless cross-border mobility, diversify skills and livelihood options, and directly strengthen family and socio-cultural bonds. This is according to a new report, "Promise, Peril and Resilience: Voices of Agropastoralists in Africa's Borderland Regions" (https://bit.ly/3UK6KkR), published by the…

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New Initiative to Transform Energy Markets, Bringing Electricity and New Development Opportunities, in over 20 African Countries

The Africa Minigrids Program, a multi-partner initiative led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will enable scaled-up private investment in renewable energy minigrids

Launched today at the United Nations Climate Conference COP27, the Africa Minigrids Program (AMP) is a country-led technical assistance program that supports countries to rapidly and cost-effectively provide electricity and new development opportunities to some of Africa’s poorest communities. With funding led by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and implemented by UNDP…