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Youth

A 10-day coding boot camp for young girls from around Africa
Coding for girls: a glimmer of hope in a coding boot-camp
Shedding light on the hopes and challenges of Algerian youth
COVID-19 recovery: African youth-led Policy Paper makes case for better governance and innovation

Gender

Women selling eggs
Increasing women’s access to capital critical in Africa’s fight against poverty
Mzuri Issa, breaking down social barriers to women’s leadership in Tanzania
Rewriting Kenya’s laws with Millie Odhiambo

SDGs

Six-year old Thobela Boyoyo is the most advanced reader in his class.
African children’s books on sustainability and equality to be highlighted through latest SDG book Club
Sharing the road: Connecting streets to people
Niger: Young Nigeriens call for an end to child marriage 

Climate Change

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

Health

Only Together
UN launches new campaign, Only Together, to support global vaccine equity call
What COVID-19 has taught us: “Healthcare can no longer exist without technology”
West African countries ramp up Ebola preparedness

Peace and Security

Despite a fragile security situation, Central Africans overwhelmingly exercised their civic duty by
Elections in Africa go on amid COVID-19
Central Africa Republic Elections: Eight Questions for a First-Time Voter
Central Africans went to the polls

Human Rights

Door of no return in Ouidah, Benin.
To be forever free!
Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre: Using the past to protect the present and future
“It is worth fighting for even one child’s life”

Economic Development

green recovery
Africa urged to work for a green, resilient recovery from COVID-19
Africans urged to trade more with each other
New tool to measure countries’ SDG performance

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

Verified: MultiChoice joins war against COVID-19 misinformation.
VERIFIED: MultiChoice Group joins global effort against COVID-19 misinformation
African history told through fashionable printed clothing
WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa

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

This is the start of the next-generation collaboration approach for the regional UN entities
Next-generation Regional Collaborative Platform meeting kicks off for first time with regional UN entities in Africa
The Secretary-General: New Year’s message 2021
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Uganda