Half the world, only a quarter of the news: Women appear or are heard in just 26 per cent of all broadcast, radio and print clips.
Stories & Blogs UN-Women (Press Release )Thirty years after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.
Africa’s landmark museum at the heart of global discussion about restitution.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilisations is asserting Africa’s right to secure its cultural heritage and tell its own story.
TICAD9 Concludes in Yokohama with Bold Commitments to Africa’s Leadership in Global Solutions
Stories & Blogs UNDP - Africa (Press Release )“AI must stand for Africa Included.” With this powerful message, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened TICAD9
Gorée, between remembrance and living: a vibrant world heritage site.
Stories & Blogs Africa Renewal (Article )An emblematic site of African history and the memory of the slave trade, Gorée Island is much more than a monument frozen in the past. It is also a living, breathing community, where heritage and everyday life must coexist.
UNHCR’s Grandi calls for urgent international support to help refugees returning home in DR Congo and Rwanda.
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a week-long visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, urging greater international support for peace in the region and humanitarian efforts so that refugees
IFAD President: "Rural youth need investment to build their own future" – Africa Food Systems Forum.
Stories & Blogs IFAD (Press Release )International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is stressing that investing in rural development and transforming food systems is essential to ending hunger, reducing poverty, and building long-term resilience to any type of shocks.
Cameroon: Restrictions on civic space risk undermining presidential election, Türk warns
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead up to the presidential election in October raise fears about whether voters can freely express their will, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today.
Urgent push needed to achieve reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent – UN report
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )The UN Human Rights Office today published a report calling on States and others to double down on delivering reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent, including through formal apologies, truth-seeking, memorialisation, medical and ps
Diene Keita appointed Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Press Release )Ms. Diene Keita was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
Mali: Türk deplores indefinite suspension of elections, deepening crackdown on civil society.
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in Mali, amid deepening democratic reversals, rising insecurity and a crackdown on civil society.