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Youth

George Wyndham, a Sierra Leonean Paralympian, will be competing in table tennis in Tokyo
Paralympian carrying Sierra Leone’s hopes in Tokyo
Youth Profile: Agripina Ndoho Ngumu Bindang from Equatorial Guinea
Coding for girls: a glimmer of hope in a coding boot-camp

Gender

Women must no longer be ‘squeezed into a small corner’, landmark Forum declares
Kenyan Peacekeeper wins UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2020 Award
What’s in an African cabbage? A lot, says researcher

SDGs

Sustainable development report shows devastating impact of COVID, ahead of ‘critical’ new phase
Meet Africa’s food champions
African children’s books on sustainability and equality to be highlighted through latest SDG book Club

Climate Change

An image of a construction worker
Are we on track for a Green Recovery? Not yet
Green shoots: Are COVID-19 recovery funds helping the environment?
Push for renewables: How Africa is building a different energy pathway

Health

OVAX aims to ship 520 million doses of vaccine to Africa by the end of 2021.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up
Driving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ghana’s hard-to-reach communities
Tanzania receives first COVID-19 vaccine batch

Peace and Security

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Raffi Gregorian (at dais and on screens)...
UN Secretary-General highlights responsible use of new technologies in counter-terrorism efforts
Prevention, only ‘sustainable solution’ to conflict, deputy UN chief tells Nigerian law students
‘Involve young officers in peacekeeping missions’

Human Rights

Image of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on display in the Johannesburg Holocaust ..
Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 27 years later
To be forever free!
Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre: Using the past to protect the present and future

Economic Development

Tanzanian women selling bananas in tanzania.
UN Food Systems Summit releases potential solutions for local, regional and global action
Global roadmap to sustainable energy by 2030
Tackling illicit financial flows, a matter of survival for Africa’s development

Migrants and Refugees

Relocation by boat, which is the only means of transport from the Tergol/Akobo entry point...
Migration amid COVID-19: Young Africans weigh their options
Thousands of refugees and migrants suffer extreme rights abuses on journeys to Africa’s Mediterranean coast
IOM hails historic first human trafficking convictions in Sierra Leone

Culture and Education

Basic education is compulsory for both girls and boys.
Eritrea: Transforming communities through literacy
How podcasting is taking Africa by storm
Black women photographers shine in new global network

Humanitarian Aid

WFP staff attend to a participant in a Food and Cash assistance scheme Kano, Nigeria, last week.
UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
UN salutes real-life heroes doing ‘extraordinary things, in extraordinary times’
World Humanitarian Day: Our Real-Life Heroes

UN Affairs

Secretary-General
António Guterres secures second term as UN Secretary-General, calls for new era of ‘solidarity and equality’
Africa’s development remains an absolute priority for the UN system
Next-generation Regional Collaborative Platform meeting kicks off for first time with regional UN entities in Africa