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Ending digital violence is Africa’s next chapter in equality for women and girl
Gender Equality

Ending digital violence is Africa’s next chapter in equality for women and girl

Social Protection “Digital violence against women and girls is not inevitable; it is preventable.” UN Women’s Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda on this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence.
16 Days of Activism on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls 2025.
Gender Equality

The promise and peril of Africa's tech revolution for women and girls

Social Protection “When women withdraw from online spaces to protect themselves, we lose their voices in politics, journalism, and civic debate. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence not only denies women their most basic human rights, but it also robs our societies of their contributions” The UN Deputy Secretary-General reflects on this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence campaign.
Amina Alidi: From local voice in Malawi to global advocate
Youth

Amina Alidi: From local voice in Malawi to global advocate

Social Protectiondebt Bringing the power of community-rooted leadership to the global stage.
Five young Africans named among 2025 UN Young Leaders for SDGs.
Technology & Innovation

Five young Africans named among 2025 UN Young Leaders for SDGs

Digitalization From Nigeria to Zimbabwe, Africa’s new generation of changemakers joins 17 global youth leaders driving progress on sustainable development.

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The Town Hall by the UN in partnership with the BBC’s Focus on Africa brought together ministers, policymakers, and young leaders to debate one of the most pressing issues of our time: artificial intelligence (AI).
Technology & Innovation

Africa and Artificial Intelligence: The promise, the risk, and the path forward

Chief Kachindamoto lit a fire for justice and equality.
Social Protection

She lit a fire

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

Artisanal and Small-scale Miners.

Transforming Artisanal Mining Can Be Beneficial for People and the Planet

miningEmpowering Artisanal Mining: A Future of Sustainability and Prosperity for All
Mining.

Guiding the Future: UN launches new panel on critical energy transition minerals

AfricaThe initiative aims to make the global shift towards renewable energy equitable and sustainable
Empowering Adolescents in Nigeria: Roseline Adesuyi Initiative and The Chosen Inspira Foundation's symposium for boys and girls on the International Day of the Girl Child 2023 in Oyo State.

Breaking gender barriers through education

Women & GirlsNigeriaNigerian gender advocate roots for empowerment of women and girls
Samuel Jepi, National Forest Initiative, outside of the NFI camp near Kupiano, Papua New Guinea. May 23, 2019

Creating credible carbon market in Africa

climate changeIntegrity is key as world’s largest carbon market auction is held in Nairobi
Fresh source.

Streamlining Egypt’s food value chain through technology

Farah Emara’s agri-tech start-up connects fresh fruit and vegetables farmers to buyers by leveraging data and technology
The cover illustration of Claver Irakoze's book, 'That Child is Me.'

Claver Irakoze: Bridging Generations Through the Memory of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

Rwandan GenocideThe delicate balance of telling the next generation about a tragedy that shook the world, through the eyes of a survivor.
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, in Kigali.

We must do more to prevent genocide

Rwandan GenocideUN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice W. Nderitu, joins Rwandans, others in commemorating 30 years since genocide against the Tutsi.
Ernest Rwamucyo (Right), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations

Lessons post the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: we must speak out against discrimination and prejudice

Rwandan Genocide— Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations.
Laurence (left), a survivor, and Xavier, her family's killer, now living as friends.

REMEMBER.UNITE.RENEW.

Rwandan GenocideA powerful exhibit marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Eric Murangwa Eugene

Football saved me from genocide; now I promote peace with it

Rwandan Genocide"From Surviving Genocide to Spreading Peace: Football's Transformative Power" -The militia who burst into my house to kill me spared my life when they saw my football photos
Alice Wairimu Nderitu

Kwibuka30: Learning from the past, safeguarding the future against genocide

Rwandan GenocideRemembering those whose futures were taken away, and those at risk across the world today
Panelist at the discussion on WPS.

Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Women Peace and SecurityGhanaian women push for an increase and strengthening of the meaningful participation of women peacekeepers as they explore the WPS agenda.

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