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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: Nigerian techie and women’s rights defender
Youth Profile: Agripina Ndoho Ngumu Bindang from Equatorial Guinea

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

Food insecurity increases by 5–20 percentage points with each flood or drought in sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change triggers food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa
Triple planetary crisis, green recovery top agenda at African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
IPCC report: 'Code red' for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

Health

New study challenges understanding of pandemic preparedness and resilience in Africa
Leaders make urgent call to accelerate vaccination globally and in Africa
Eight in 10 African countries to miss crucial COVID-19 vaccination goal

Peace and Security

Light Weapons Destroyed at Ceremony in Abidjan
We must tackle illicit weapons, ammunition in parts of Africa, globally
Effective community policing in Nigerian town could be a model for other places
UN Secretary-General highlights responsible use of new technologies in counter-terrorism efforts

Human Rights

Haben Girma, Lawyer and disability rights advocate
‘The biggest challenge is ableism, not my disability’
Remembering the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 27 years later
To be forever free!

Economic Development

L'entrepreneure équato-guinéenne Melissa Mbile Sánchez.
Youth Profile: Equatorial Guinean entrepreneur Melissa Mbile Sánchez
Zimbabwean young farmers lead the charge in agriculture
Digital tools can transform Africa, tackle food insecurity

Migrants and Refugees

Migrants play a board game at IOM Transit Center in Agadez, Niger (2016).
First continental review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration concludes in Africa
Africa makes progress on Global Compact for Migration but more action is needed
Migration amid COVID-19: Young Africans weigh their options

Culture and Education

A group of youth laughing.
'Together, let us commit to do our part and advance the promise of equality, justice and dignity for all'
Eritrea: Transforming communities through literacy
How podcasting is taking Africa by storm

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

With peace restored, Burundi president says poverty is the remaining threat
Vaccines for all key to building back better after COVID-19: Kenyan President
‘Power of humanity’ can overcome COVID-19, climate challenges – Assembly President