Thriving societies need social cohesion, justice and inclusion — Ms. Nell Bolton

In Africa, Catholic Relief Services is helping communities to ‘address what divides them so they can find what unites them’ and together work towards transformational change
Kenyan marathoner Viola Cheptoo Lagat.

Elite Kenyan marathoner championing battle against Gender-Based Violence

Viola Cheptoo founded Tirop’s Angels foundation in memory of fellow athlete Agnes Tirop
CRS staff addressing the community in Hashaba village, West Darfur, Sudan.

Inclusive peacebuilding: Empowering women as agents of peace

We need the voices of women at the table, not as victims but as stakeholders in society
Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.

Harnessing the power of sports to counter hate speech and prevent genocide

Sports connects people around the world and is a great tool for positive messaging for promoting social inclusion and cohesion
Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu

An all-out fight against hate speech

Engaging tech and social media companies, leaders, communities to fight vice
Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu speaking to an audience

Reject genocide deniers and war criminals

Prevention of genocide and other atrocities must be brought to the community level
Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza

Rwanda at the UN: Vaccine equity, inclusion, peace, and gender equality top our priorities

— Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations.
Winnie Byanyima (Left), UNAIDS Executive Director.

Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19

— Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director
Armed Turkana herdsmen guard their livestock at a watering hole at Oropoyi in Kenya

Africa Amnesty Month: A call to surrender illegal guns this September

— Mr. Ivor Richard Fung, Deputy Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
H.E. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

As UN turns 75, outgoing PGA calls for a more inclusive world

Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, outgoing President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) reflects on his tenure and the UN's 75th anniversary.
Ambassador Jerry Matjila is South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN

“We are delighted with Mandela Prize 2020 laureates”

— South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jerry Matjila
UN Photo/Manuel Elias

UNAIDS Chief Winnie Byanyima: Preventing new HIV infections a top priority

— Ms. Winnie Byanyima is the new Executive Director of the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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

—Peter Tabichi, a Catholic Franciscan brother and winner of the Global Teacher Prize
—Bience Gawanas, Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa

I am optimistic about Africa’s future

—Bience Gawanas, Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
Ms. Aïssatou Hayatou

Silencing the Guns campaign kicks off in 2020

— Ms. Aïssatou Hayatou, ‘Silencing the Guns’ operations manager
Weapons being burnt during the official launch of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DDRR) process in Muramvya, Burundi.             UN Photo/Martine Perret

Silencing the guns in Africa by 2020

African Union’s 2020 campaign to achieve peace and end conflict, extremism, crime
—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director

Pushing for a green economy & clean energy

—Joyce Msuya, United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director
Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy

Youth can be agents of positive change

— Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy
Students learn with tablets in a school in South Africa. Photo:  AMO/Jackie Clausen

Africa grapples with huge disparities in education

Higher enrolment numbers mask exclusion and inefficiencies
BMW South Africa announces the production of its one-millionth BMW 3 Series sedan at its manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria in South Africa. Photo: BMW Group

Global companies give Africa a second look

South Africa hosts most of the top companies in Africa, but other countries are coming up
Salva Dut (left) pumps water from one of the boreholes he has helped drill in South Sudan. Photo: Water for South Sudan

How South Sudan’s ‘lost boy’ brought water to his village

Salva Dut, a former refugee, has helped drill 300 boreholes in his country
A man sorting a sea of plastic bottles at one of the Wecycler hubs in Lagos, Nigeria. Most plastic litter from cities ends up in oceans.

Plastics pose biggest threat to oceans

Oceans choking on millions of plastic water bottles, cups, straws and single use plastic bags
A Virgin Active gym in Soweto, Johannesburg South Africa. Photo credit: AMO/Robert Tshabalala

Lifestyle diseases pose new burden for Africa

Diabetes, cancer, heart and respiratory diseases will be the leading killers by 2030
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A new era for African media

Enter digital media with tweets, blogs and a plethora of new voices
A voter casts her vote in Togo’s elections. Photo: UNDP Togo/Emile Kenkou

The art of midwifing elections in Africa

Credible electoral bodies key to ensuring peace and stability
A farmer measuring the thickness of a bamboo tree in Madagascar. Photo: INBAR/Lou Yiping

Bamboo: Africa’s untapped potential

The new economic force is generating income, creating jobs and protecting the environment
An expectant mother. Photo: AMO/ Nikki Rixon

Lack of resources affecting interventions

MDG 5: Mixed results in maternal health goals across Africa
Ethiopian women in a skills training workshop. Photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe

Closing Africa’s ‘elusive’ gender gap

MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
A rally in Lagos, Nigeria to mark 500 days of the abduction of Chibok girls. Photo: AMO/Ademola Akinlabi

Women, peace & security

15 years of implementing UN Security Council resolution 1325 in Africa
A table banking session in Samburu, Kenya.   DPPS

Loans to women = smart economics

Women find innovative ways of financing projects
Students from the Midwifery School of El Fasher, North Darfur, commemorate International Women’s Day. Photo: UN Photo/Albert González Farran

Gender equality still within reach

Some progress made, but challenges remain
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