"AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT"

With COVID-19 exposing the fault-lines of education systems globally, more than 130 countries committed to rebooting their education systems and accelerating action to end the learning crisis, at the UN Transforming Education Summit. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speakers debate terms, merits of cross-border aid operations in Syria’s north-west, as General Assembly considers Security Council text vetoed by Russian Federation.

Speakers debate terms, merits of cross-border aid operations in Syria’s north-west, as General Assembly considers Security Council text vetoed by Russian Federation.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

UNMISS Deputy Chief and Resident Coordinator announced plans to modernize the cultivation scheme in Aweil, South Sudan. UNMISS

Addressing at the UN General Assembly Debate, President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo said, “more than 13 million Africans fell into extreme poverty in 2020, and nearly 14 million could do so in 2021,” adding that the social impact of the pandemic "has been devastating." UNIFEED

Resolutions concerning multidimensional impact of COVID-19 on African countries, pushing back session closing date, among texts adopted by General Assembly.

Health, inequality dangerously linked, speakers warn, stressing exclusion, disparity impeding ability to contain COVID-19, on day three of high-level political forum.