Africa: Afcon Daily Live Blog – Rolling Updates of the Day’s Action, Events and Key Moments

Africa: From Aspiration to Action – Barriers to Youth Empowerment in Africa

Educational gains have not translated into jobs for young citizens. Key findings While young Africans (aged 18-35) enjoy greater access to formal education than their elders, post-secondary attainment levels remain highly uneven by country and gender. Younger youth (aged 18-25) face the most severe employment challenges: 45% say they are unemployed and actively seeking work….

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Africa: Afcon Daily Live Blog – Rolling Updates of the Day’s Action, Events and Key Moments

Africa: Uganda Ratifies AU Social Protection Protocol, Civil Society Urges Swift Action

Uganda’s ratification of a new African Union protocol recognising social protection and social security as enforceable rights is a “historic milestone”, civil society groups said on Friday, while warning that major funding and coverage gaps threaten to blunt its impact. The government ratified the AU Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights…

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High-integrity carbon markets could unlock the path to rapid climate action, experts say at UNEA-7

High-integrity carbon markets could unlock the path to rapid climate action, experts say at UNEA-7

Participants during the, “High-Integrity Carbon Markets: Impact and Path to Accelerated Climate Action,” discussions at UNEA-7. PHOTO/UN BY KARIUKI CHEGE [email protected] Over 200 participants convened at a pivotal event on the margins of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) to explore the rapidly evolving role of carbon markets in addressing climate change. The session, titled…

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‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Increasingly likely potential’ of Palestine Action hunger strikers dying | Israel-Palestine conflict News

London, United Kingdom – Lawyers and loved ones of hunger strikers linked to the protest group Palestine Action are warning the activists could die in prison as they accuse British prison officials of a lack of care and communication and the justice secretary of ignoring their demands for a meeting. Of 29 Palestine Action-affiliated remand…

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Africa: Afcon Daily Live Blog – Rolling Updates of the Day’s Action, Events and Key Moments

Africa: Remarks By Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell At the Launch of Unicef’s Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal

New York — As prepared “Friends, partners, colleagues, thank you for joining this virtual launch of UNICEF’s 2026 Humanitarian Action for Children and for your ongoing support for the world’s most vulnerable children. “Over the past week, I have been travelling in South Sudan and Sudan, where I met children and families who shared heartbreaking…

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Africa: Afcon Daily Live Blog – Rolling Updates of the Day’s Action, Events and Key Moments

Africa: Turning Hope Into Action – Investing in Resilience Through Somalia’s National Safety Net

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Since its launch, the Shock Responsive Safety Net for Human Capital Project (SNHCP), locally known as Baxnaano, has supported over four million Somalis with cash transfers. Under the project, families receive $20 monthly, and up to $60 during national emergencies, to meet basic needs and build long-term resilience. Baxnaano is also strengthening Somalia’s…

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Africa: Afcon Daily Live Blog – Rolling Updates of the Day’s Action, Events and Key Moments

Africa: Women’s Voices At the G20 – Action Urged On Economic Empowerment, Care Work, Health, Climate Justice and Forced Labour

The G20 group of the world’s 20 most powerful economies and the African and European Unions has a group dedicated to women empowerment – the Women 20 (W20). Set up in 2015 to promote gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, it’s one of 13 official engagement groups in the “Sherpa track” of the G20. It…

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