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In Focus
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.
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.
22 billion reasons for Africa to invest in digital
agriculture
Agricultural value chains for a crisis-driven world.
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.
United Nationspeacekeeping
Peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions, 2010
referendumAfrica
Major push to preserve peace and organize referendum
social mediatechnology
Using mobile phones, Africans join the global conversation
peacekeepingAfrica
Modest progress in overcoming conflicts, but challenges persist
Africahomophobia
UN rights chief takes a firm stance against intolerance towards sexual minorities in Africa and elsewhere