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Siya Kolisi designated a United Nations Global Advocate

South African rugby star Siya Kolisi named UN Global Advocate for Spotlight Initiative

Africa Siya Kolisi

Announced on Mandela Day, he will help tackle violence against women

Doctor Morissana Kouyaté, Guinea, is co-winner of the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Africa United Nations Nelson Mandela Prize

IOM continues to provide registration, coordination of humanitarian activities.

COVID-19: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed

‘Women Rise for All’ initiative to shape leadership for COVID-19 response and recovery

Influential women from across the globe examine how their leadership is benefiting all people

A resident walks past Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu, Mali.

UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts, sold in its name

A young girl cooks in a rural village in Ethiopia, where the land has been affected by recurrent droughts.

Water cooperation between States ‘key’ to Blue Nile dam project

Africa Ethiopia

Demonstrators take to the streets in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on 11 April 2019,

Sudanese women ready to ‘break taboos’ and run for office

Global call to fight infodemic

Mauritius, Senegal, South Africa among authors of global call against COVID-19 'infodemic'

Africa COVID-19

A woman at work at a garment manufacturing factory in Harare, Zimbabwe.

New UN report offers blueprint for greener, more resilient world of work