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Youth

the 2020 Class of Young Leaders for the SDGs
UN launches 2020 Class of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals
Celebrating a resilient and innovative generation
My life-changing journey to the African Union
AU Special Envoy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to youth: Use COVID-19 crisis to unleash your innovation

Gender

Guidion Gulamo is one of 25 men who joined Spotlight Initiative-supported training to become an ...
How men are redefining masculinity in Mozambique
Communities step up efforts to end harmful practices: the inspiring story of Tilimbike Safe Community Space in Malawi
The first African women leaders to address the UN General Assembly
How Namibia helped birth UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security

SDGs

Pedestrians First activists in Lusaka on early morning walk to advocate for safer walkways and zebra
Sharing the road: Connecting streets to people
Niger: Young Nigeriens call for an end to child marriage 
Côte d’Ivoire: Between concern and optimism, young Ivorians talk about their future and the work of the UN
Technology gives hope to Africa’s endangered northern white rhinos

Climate Change

Arid landscape in Kenya's Eastern province.
Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa
Africa's Great Green Wall: close to 18 million hectares of land restored
Tunisia’s unique farming systems win recognition as part of the global agricultural heritage
Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time

Health

Dr. Saria Osman El-Amin
Let’s stay vigilant, COVID-19 is still here
I’m helping fight COVID-19 in Cameroon
United Nations Secretary-General calls for individual action to combat misinformation
South Sudan: Community health promoters bring essential services to rural homes

Peace and Security

Chief Superintendent Catherine Ekwutosi Ugorji.
UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award 2020 runner-up: Chief Superintendent Catherine Ugorji
UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award 2020 winner: Chief Inspector Doreen Malambo of Zambia
#PeaceIsMyMission: Celebrating women in peacekeeping
Four African countries at the founding of the UN in San Francisco in 1945

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”
‘Inequality defines our time’: UN Chief António Guterres' hard-hitting 2020 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

Economic Development

cocoa
AfCFTA: Africa readying for free trade come January 2021
The Secretary-General’s Message on Africa Industrialization Day
Africa could gain $89 billion annually by curbing illicit financial flows
Temie Giwa-Tubosun: the Nigerian entrepreneur delivering blood to patients

Migrants and Refugees

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
First Group of Over 1,400 Stranded Ethiopian Migrants Arrive from Tanzania
How mobile money is rebuilding lives in Sudan

Culture and Education

Clothes, bags and accessories
African history told through fashionable printed clothing
WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
“Bold steps required, to create inclusive, resilient, quality education systems fit for the future”
UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts, sold in its name

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
Humanitarian Needs Grow as Burkina Faso Faces Unprecedented Level of Internal Displacement

UN Affairs

The Flag of the United Nations.
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Uganda
On UN Day, SG renews call for global ceasefire #SilencingTheGuns
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Nigeria
As historic virtual debate wraps, ‘our political leaders demonstrated their commitment to multilateralism,’ says UN Assembly President