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African Leaders commit to Mind the Gap – Invest in Water as the race to achieve SDG 6 in Africa accelerates

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African leaders show the “gap” during the campaign launch in the United Nations HQ. (Centre left) H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal; (Second from left) H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania; (Centre) H.E. Josefa Sacko, African Union Commissioner, ARBE; (Centre left) Harsen Nyambe, Director: Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment at the African Union; (Second from left) Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD; (Right) Hon. Carl Schlettwein, Minister of Agriculture, Water, & Forestry, Namibia; (Left) Alex Simalabwi, Executive Director: High-Level Panel Secretariat

African leaders have pledged to mobilise US$30bn per year by 2030 to achieve water security and sustainable sanitation on the continent through institutional private-public partnerships, sector reform, and higher national…

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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition provides a powerful call to action, presenting a candid assessment of the SDGs based on the latest data and estimates. While highlighting…

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New operation will help improve socioeconomic recovery and resilience of Fiji’s most vulnerable. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$145 million (FJ$299 million) operation to support Fiji’s…

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Learn and adapt to accelerate action: Translating learning to transformational change in the Commonwealth during Commonwealth Learning Week. As the world continues to grapple with the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19, the…