- Phelisa Frida Miya, 28, a paratrooper/riflewoman from South Africa serving in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)

Kenyan-born US-based photographer launches global platform to market their talents.

— Ambassador Ammo Aziza Baroud is the Permanent Representative of Chad to the UN in New York. She talks about her priorities and the importance of women’s empowerment.

— Julie Ako (Nigeria)

— Daisy Masembe (Uganda)

— Kamva Namba (South Africa)

— Nkosi Kwanele (Zimbabwe)

Rich countries hoard available and future vaccines, as poor countries wait.

Trading under the continental free trade agreement started on 1st Jan.