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As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP29) slated for Baku, Azerbaijan from 11—22 November 2024, approaches, the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change have advocated the urgency of the continent prioritizing concessional financing in a bid to prevent escalating debt, alongside the urgent need…

The African Union Commission’s Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals (ETTIM) is set to finalize the drafting and validation of the African Union’s Model Law on Mineral Resources Development during the Model Law’s 5th drafting meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, come October 14-17, 2024. The Model Law…

In the lead-up to World Food Day 2024 the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a broad alliance of different civil society actors promoting food sovereignty and agroecology in Africa, will hold its 1st One Thousand African Youth Summit on Food Systems and Agroecology come October 14-16 2024 in…

The Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office says it is honored to endorse and fully support the 5th All Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Summit, scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from November 28th to 30th, 2024, in a statement signed by the National Coordinator, Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, H.E. Mr Olusegun…

Ahead of the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan and the review of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions, the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative (NGYouthSDGs) with support from the German Missions in Nigeria would convene stakeholders between 8th to 9th of October 2024 in Abuja for the Nigeria…

The African Continental Free Trade Area is set to transform business and trade on the continent. The African Union held a forum in Windhoek, Namibia to highlight how small businesses can drive that change. African Union Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Forum from 9-13 September gave small businesses a…

Panelists at the C4UN-GGIN Session on the theme: The Road Through The Summit of the Future: Generating Impact from the Pact for the Future Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) cum Executive Director of Global Women Leaders Voices for Change and Inclusion,…

World leaders at the ongoing Summit of the Future (SOTF) and 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), have adopted the long-awaited, intergovernmentally negotiated and agreed upon Pact for the Future, which seeks to forge a new international consensus to create a better present and safeguard the future.…

A joint Summit of the Future Action Days event by Oxfam International, Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN) among other partners on Saturday has called on permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to use the Summit of the Future as a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to recommit to bold…

Ahead of the upcoming UN Summit of the Future (SOTF) slated for September 22 -23, the Coalition for the UN We Need (C4UN) is set to launch its SOTF Media and Information Service to offer civil society organizations, journalists and other stakeholders comprehensive resources, expert connections and content about the…