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Nigerian poet Maryam Bukar Hassan becomes the first UN Global Advocate for Peace, meeting with the UN Secretary-General.
Peace and Security

A Poet’s Peace

Peace & Security Nigerian artist becomes UN’s first Global Advocate for Peace.
Stessy Lorrain Kaze
Social Protection

African youth voices at UN High-Level Political Forum

youthSocial Protection ‘Empowered youth are Africa’s unstoppable agents of change’
Secretary General Musonda Mumba speaks at a press conference ahead of the #WetlandsCOP15, which officially kicks off today in Victoria Falls.
Climate

As Wetlands COP15 opens in Zimbabwe, it's time to rethink how we value wetlands

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Christopher Seagateng is the co-founder and chairperson of BW JOBS 4 GRADUATES and the Deputy Secretary-General of the Pan-African Youth Union.
Social Protection

African youth make an impact at UN High-Level Political Forum

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Editor Picks

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) briefs reporters on the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025. With him are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (left) and Li Junhua (centre right), Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Bjørg Sandkjær, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Sustainable Development Goals

Five years to go: UN sounds alarm on SDG progress as Africa seeks acceleration

Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
Climate

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

Two electrical engineers are seen in silhouette as they work on a power transformer.
Energy

It’s time for Africa to embrace nuclear energy

School meals provide essential safety nets for poor children and their families.
Health

Debt-for-Food swaps: Innovative financing for school meals in Africa

H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President

Striving for peace, decent life for all, ‘very pertinent’ UN Assembly theme, says Ugandan President

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H.E. Mr. Adama Barrow, President

During our difficult times, ‘we knew we had friends,’ says Gambian President Barrow

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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