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August - November 2019

Theme: Climate Change

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The effects of climate change are being felt in Africa; countries, organisations and individuals, including young people, are taking actions to tackle these effects. In this edition, we highlight some outstanding climate action initiatives by young Africans.

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Interviews

Youth

Benedict Faustine Kikove
An ‘ambassador’ for people’s rights
Mohamed Orman Bangura
A legacy of youth empowerment
Aya Chebbi, African Union Youth Envoy
Young people can capably lead Africa into the future

Gender

Hafsat Abiola
Africa must rely on its own development model
Yetunde Sanni co-founded Tech in Pink, an organisation that teaches young girls how to code.
Technology is a liberating force for African women
Togolese politician and former presidential candidate Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson
Good education is the foundation for effective female leadership

SDGs

A board meeting in progress in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: AMO/ George Philipas
Corporate boardrooms: where are the women?
Students learn with tablets in a school in South Africa. Photo:  AMO/Jackie Clausen
Africa grapples with huge disparities in education
South African youths protest outside the Cape Town Convention Centre against inequalities.  Photo: AMO/ Esa Alexander
Closing Africa’s wealth gap

Climate Change

—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Members of the Samburu tribe in Kenya. Samburu women pastoralists are affected by climate change.   Getty Images /Kitra Cahana
Women pastoralists feel the heat of climate change
A student holding an SDG badge (top). Students holding vegetables from the school garden (left). Brian (WEYE Clean Energy) displays a bag of briquettes (right). Photo: Solomon Musisi
Ugandan students turn waste to wealth

Health

Liberia’s Vice president, Jewel Howard Taylor, opens the country’s first school for autistic children. (bottom) A desk in the classroom. Agnes Fallah Kamara
How I set up Liberia’s first school for autistic children
Child with autism spectrum disorder learning to improve her speech and pronunciation in an autism rehabilitation facility in Tanzania.    Panos / Dieter Telemans
Bringing hope to children with autism
Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province
An ad of a skin whitening cosmetic product in Kumasi, Ghana.
Paying a high price for skin bleaching

Peace and Security

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Reshaping the forces
In Torit, South Sudan, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) carries out mechanical and manual demining exercises.    UN Photo/Martine Perret
IEDs: tackling terrorists’ weapon of war
UN chief welcomes power-sharing deal between Sudanese military and opposition
UNEP/Duncan Moore Secretary-General António Guterres visits a Training Centre in Kamakunji, Kenya, and talked to youth about countering violent extremism, and preventing radicalization.
Terrorism ‘spreading and destabilizing’ entire regions, Guterres warns States, at key Kenya conference

Human Rights

The Instant Network Schools programme is helping millions of refugee students across Africa to catch up with their education.
African Dialogues Series 2019: searching for durable solutions to refugees, IDP problems
Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Photo: UN Photo
UN rights office urges Egypt to halt death row executions amid torture allegations
Families wait in the early hours of the morning to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and partner agencies, in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan. Photo: © UNICEF/UN0234655/Modola.
South Sudan: ‘Outraged’ UN experts say ongoing widespread human rights violations may amount to war crimes

Economic Development

Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Supply Chain Management
Africans can do business with the UN
Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Africa’s free trade area: the journey begins
Mamadou Gouro Sidibé displays the Lenali app.
Africa Watch: Innovative messaging app tailor-made for Malians
Cattle farmer Msinanga produces supplemental feed for his cattle in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s beef industry stampedes back to life

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Moustapha Cisse, head of Google’s AI centre in Accra, Ghana. The centre is Google’s first in Africa. Photo: Moustapha Cisse
Africa Wired: Artificial intelligence offers benefits for Africa
Medina of Fez in Morocco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site frequented by tourists. Photo: Davidlohr Bueso
Africa Watch: Morocco tourism gains momentum
Musicians perform on the streets of Maputo, Mozambique, on International Jazz Day 2019. Photo: Mauro Vombe
Peace through jazz music
Book Review: Making Africa Work through the Power of Innovative Volunteerism
Angélique Kidjo performs in a concert.
African music on a round trip —from Cotonou to Cuba and back