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15 March 2012
Head of UNDP Africa on Rio+20

Rio+20 represents an enormous opportunity for the world and for Africa to set a new course for human kind.  

06 March 2012
Women’s Access to Justice in Rural Africa

Director of UNDP Africa at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 6th of March 2012.  

21 February 2012
UN Secretary-General To Make First State Visit To Zambia

The United Nations Secretary-General will visit Zambia, where he will meet with His Excellency President Michael Sata and other senior officials.  
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18 February 2012
UN development chief: conflict often driven by poverty

On the last day of her visit to Niger, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark traveled to the ancient city of Agadez where armed rebellions in the 1990s led to a period marked by violence and instability, resulting in increased poverty and vulnerability for the population.  


14 February 2012
Breaking the food crisis cycle in Africa's Sahel

A food crisis is looming in the West of the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching from Africa’s Atlantic coast to the Red Sea. 


13 December 2011
Building the capacities of African negotiators

UNDP and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will be hosting in Dakar, Senegal a conference on the relationship between emerging partners and Africa. 

11 November 2011
Kenya-based firm to provide 100,000 small farmers with micro-loans

Juhudi Kilimo, a Kenya-based investment firm, will provide some 100,000 smallholder rural farmers in Kenya—more than half of them women—with access to micro-loans and basic financial training. 


02 November 2011
Fighting climate change and inequalities key to progress in Africa

Steady advances in human development in sub-Saharan Africa could stall and even reverse unless bold steps are taken to reduce environmental risks and inequalities in the region and around the world, says the 2011 Human Development Report, released today by UNDP. 
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02 November 2011
African forum calls for gender equality

The head of UNDP Africa said the region requires dedicated leadership in order to achieve gender equality as well as political commitment from all stakeholders.  

01 November 2011
Director of UNDP Africa on gender and elections

There is no denying that elections are the hallmark of democratization throughout the world including in Africa. However, elections face a number of challenges. 

26 October 2011
Africa: Green growth must go hand in hand with poverty reduction

Sustainable economies offer multiple benefits but will require important adjustments from African countries, said Tegegnework Gettu, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa.

20 October 2011
New report highlights UNDP’s role in building peace in Bolivia




19 October 2011
UNDP offers relief as Central America's torrential rains continue

UNDP has begun providing assistance to those affected by the torrential rains blanketing five Central American countries and Mexico, which, according to preliminary reports, have affected nearly 570,000 people and left more than 80 dead.


19 September 2011
Nigeria holds memorial for bomb victims

On Thursday, September 15, the United Nations held a memorial service in honor of the victims of the 26 August bomb attack on the UN House in Abuja, Nigeria.  

14 September 2011
Crime poses major threat to Latin America’s progress

 



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