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AUDA-NEPAD gender advocates
Gender Equality

Gender advocates to push for social protection and economic empowerment at G20

Gender Empowerment Other priorities include combating gender-based violence, bridging the digital divide.
Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, stands as a powerful symbol of the transatlantic slave trade.
Human Rights

UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.
Africa’s digital ecosystem is becoming more robust by the day
Food Systems

22 billion reasons for Africa to invest in digital

agriculture Agricultural value chains for a crisis-driven world.
Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.
Social Justice

Advocating for the justice and rights of people of African descent

Social Protection Amb. Martin Kimani, the new Chair of the Permanent Forum of People of African Descent lists economic empowerment, digital equity and solidarity as priorities.

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Abidjan, District Autonome d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Economic Development

The long winding road to Africa’s infrastructure development

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Health

Skyrocketing healthcare costs in Africa driving families into poverty

Samuel Jepi, National Forest Initiative, outside of the NFI camp near Kupiano, Papua New Guinea. May 23, 2019
Climate

Creating credible carbon market in Africa

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Economic Development

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Mauritanian minister highlights country’s successful efforts to combat terrorism

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Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the general debate of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak

All nations should embrace their sovereignty, US President tells world leaders at UN Assembly

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President Muhammad Buhari of Nigeria addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak

International solidarity key to address global challenges, urges Nigerian President Buhari

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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic of Liberia addresses the General Assembly’s annual general debate. UN Photo/Cia Pak

Upcoming elections will signal Liberia on ‘irreversible course’ towards democracy, President Sirleaf tells UN

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Miroslav Lajčák (centre), President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, gavels open the session’s first meeting. He is flanked by Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Catherine Pollard, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Co

General Assembly opens 72nd session with focus on the world’s people

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UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva in Uganda. Vegetable and crop seeds are provided to refugees to kick-start their food production. Photo: FAO/Anita Tibasaaga

UN agriculture chief says Uganda 'leading example' of sustainable refugee response

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Africa Books: Managing and Transforming an African University: Personal Experience at Makerere University 1973-2004

Lise Kingo (centre), Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact at the UN Global Compact Board Meeting in New York, USA. Photo: UN Global Compact

Private sector’s role in implementing SDGs

Partnership for Development

UN Global Compact: Building networks with public-private partnerships worldwide

Henri Konan Bédié Bridge linking the north and south of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo: Bouygues Construction

Partnerships at work in Africa

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SDGs envisage that PPPs can promote sustainable development in Africa

Young men using computers in a cybercafe in Cairo, Egypt, where Khaled (Jaled) Said, a 28-year-old blogger, was arrested and beaten to death by police in 2010. Later, 400,000 people joined the ‘We’re all Khaled Said’ campaign on Facebook is considered one

Uproar over Internet shutdowns

Censorship

Governments cite incitements to violence, exam cheating and hate speech

Children attend a class at the Deari elementary school in Eritrea. Photo: Panos/Giacomo Pirozzi

Private schools gain a foothold in Africa

Education

Experts wary over corporate takeover of education in sub-Saharan Africa

François Loucény Fall, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) briefing the Security Council. Photo: UN Photo/ Eskinder Debebe

Elections still a weak spot in Central Africa

—François Louncény Fall