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Africa Renewal December 2019 - March 2020 Issue

Theme: Silencing the guns

Current Issue: December 2019 - March 2020

Realising a conflict-free Africa is the dream of every African. In this edition, we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the various efforts in search of peaceful co-existence and development and the African Union’s quest for silencing the guns by 2020.

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Interviews

Youth

The UN Youth Envoy engaging with young peace ambassadors in Torit.
UN Youth Envoy advocates for “future proof” policies to build capacity of young South Sudanese
Youth of different political persuasions got together in Yambio to become agents of peace.
Unprecedented rally in Yambio brings together government and opposition youth to become peace agents
Betty Kariuki (right), YALI’s director of partnerships, with some of the beneficiaries.    Betty Kariuki
Partnerships: Creating opportunities for youth

Gender

Participation in a meeting
Jonglei women express desire to achieve 35 percent political representation
Vera Ayensu, a UN police officer from Ghana, instructs her colleagues in Wau.
Ghanaian Police Officer Vera Ayensu: “I want to be a role model for other ladies to emulate”
Woman smiling and foraging
African Union Project on Malawian Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Cooperation with Norway and Germany

SDGs

Sixth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
UN's Mohammed to attend Africa's sustainable development forum in Zimbabwe
Soldier being awarded honor
Rwanda’s remarkable contribution to peace in the CAR recognized
SDG logo
Zimbabwe ready to host & showcase itself at sustainable development forum; Minister

Climate Change

Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.
East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency
Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) and Greta Thunberg (second from right), Youth Climate Activist, at the opening of the UN Youth Climate Summit.
Youth activists press for bold action on climate, vow to hold leaders accountable
Costa works with local communities of the Okavango to conserve wildlife and ecosystems. Photo by UN Environment Programme
Protecting the world’s last wild places

Health

Victims of the Ebola virus disease have been buried at a cemetery in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Newly licensed vaccine, ‘milestone in the fight’ against Ebola in Africa, UN health agency
President Julius Maada Bio launches plans to make quality healthcare affordable and accessible in Sierra Leone.    Office of the President of Sierra Leone
President Julius Maada Bio speaks on child and maternal mortality in Sierra Leone
In Blue Nile State in Sudan a boy washes his hands in a village where UNICEF has been promoting good hygiene practices.
WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera
Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Beira is carried out by the Mozambique Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners. (2019)
UN welcomes ‘most comprehensive agreement ever’ on global health

Peace and Security

Central African President, Faustin Archange Touadera, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and 14 armed groups initialed the Central African peace and reconciliation agreement over a year ago,
Year-old peace agreement must be implemented for ‘lasting peace’ in Central African Republic
Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria committing to respecting and protecting human rights
Opposition forces in Eastern Equatoria commit to respecting and protecting human rights
Discussion between community members and police
Enyif community members return home thanks to improving security situation
Seni is a migrant from Burkina Faso waiting for IOM’s assistance to return home from Chad
As boom turns to bust, community stabilization in Chad helps both host communities and migrants

Human Rights

In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mostly made up of structures on stilts above Lagos Lagoon, as smog spreads throughout the canals.
Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert
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

Economic Development

Scene of Morocco
Rabat considers IPRT for better alignment with SDGs, Agenda 2063
From left: FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, United Nations General Assembly President Tiijani Muhammad-Bande and Jorge Chediek, Director of the UN office for South-South Cooperation.
Cooperation models for transforming the agricultural sector
ABF 2020
Business Forum ends with hopes for Africa to power its development with clean energy
Agenda 2063
Reporting on Africa’s Agenda 2063

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Culture & Education

Teacher and Franciscan brother Peter Mokaya Tabichi, 36, holds his Global Teacher Award as he is cheered on by his students at Keriko Secondary School in Njoro, Nakuru county.    Getty Images/ Tony Karumba
Global Teacher Prize winner champions STEM
Toyin Ibrahim Adekeye.
Bigger than Africa: Tales of the Yoruba people
Black eye peas
Black-eyed peas: A taste of Africa in the Americas
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