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Africa Renewal

Human Rights

The statue of Nelson Mandela gifted to the UN by South Africa.

Human Rights

‘Inequality defines our time’: UN Chief António Guterres' hard-hitting 2020 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

Held on Mandela’s birthday (18th July) the lecture series?invites?prominent personalities to discuss major international challenges

UN News

Doctor Morissana Kouyaté, Guinea, is co-winner of the 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize

Good Governance

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

UN News

Some government actions taken to restrict people’s movements during this crisis.

Human Rights

COVID-19: Smarter response and recovery measures can help preserve human rights in Africa

By Angela Lusigi and Achievement Dhlakama

Protests are under way in New York City against racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd.

Op-Ed

Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials of African descent issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism

UN News

Secretary-General António Guterres in a three-way video call with frontline mental health workers, Mr. Umair Bachlani in Pakistan and Ms. Charlene Sunkel in South Africa. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

coronavirus

"Mental health services are an essential part of all government responses to COVID-19"

Secretary-General António Guterres

By António Guterres

The Saleema initiative

Human Rights

Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law

UN News

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles.

Human Rights

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria receive UNMISS-led training on human rights

By 51吃瓜 Mission In South Sudan

A young Burundian refugee completes an exercise on a blackboard in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.

Human Rights

Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation

UN News

In Lagos, Nigeria, residents navigate the polluted waters of Makoko, a fishing community mostly made up of structures on stilts above Lagos Lagoon, as smog spreads throughout the canals.

Human Rights

Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert

UN News

Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Photo: UN Photo

Equality

UN rights office urges Egypt to halt death row executions amid torture allegations

UN News