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Youth

How we created Burundi’s first drone
Connecting large enterprises with highly-skilled African creatives
Youth Rising project offering courses in carpentry to revitalize sector

Gender

Fighting gender-based violence and early marriages
Mozambican mother shares her experience of extremism and discrimination
Malala Yousafzai, Amina Mohammed Advocate for girl-Child Education in Nigeria

SDGs

Egypt working to end poverty, hunger by 2027
Using the creatives to boost intra-African trade
How the UN SDG Summit aims to transform the world

Climate Change

Africa Climate Summit: Nairobi Declaration makes strong push for accelerated climate action and financing mechanisms
Nigeria prioritizes climate action to mitigate natural disasters
This African Climate Summit is, in many ways, a financing summit

Health

Africa to ramp up vaccine production
AIDS can be ended by 2030 - New UN report
Role of faith communities in ending AIDS in children and adolescents

Peace and Security

Security Council authorizes ‘historic’ support mission in Haiti
Young African Poets Champion Peace for UN Peacekeeping's 75th Anniversary
UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses

Human Rights

A street scene in Tunisia.
Tunisia: UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights
Addressing online hate speech
We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech

Economic Development

‘Transforming4Trade’ will reshape African economies
With leadership and determination, Africa can achieve the SDGs
African leaders call for more investments in green energy and water infrastructure

Migrants and Refugees

Miche, Terese and their children about to go back to their home country, the DRC.
Angolan refugees return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to build a new life
UNHCR chief condemns ‘discrimination, violence and racism’ against some fleeing Ukraine
Being a Black woman in the US

Culture and Education

How we make award-winning music videos in Africa
Young John: Nigeria’s leading music producer, singer on how Afrobeats is taking over the global stage
Nigeria to expand education access through a student loan scheme

Humanitarian Aid

UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger
World Refugee Day: UN calls for solidarity and inclusion amid record displacement
Sudan: UN aid operation continues amid dire humanitarian conditions

UN Affairs

UN Global Compact: Laying the foundation for sustainable, resilient and responsible business
UN chief urges that recovery be ‘our resolution for 2022’
UN Secretary-General’s remarks at Press Encounter with Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, following the AU-UN Conference
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