Ahead of Youth Day, UN Secretary General hears concerns from young people across the world

5 August 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today held an interactive dialogue with young people across the world and launched … More

No place like home: Africa’s skilled labour returns

By Aissata Haidara, UN Africa Renewal Mariam Koné left Canada five years ago to start a business consulting firm in … More

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation partners with MDGs in Africa

MDGs in Africa partners with The Gates Foundation, to share the Foundation’s success stories with young people in Africa.

Gates Foundation: Optimistic about Nigeria

By Laurie Lee ( This article was originally published on Impatient Optimists, the blog of the Bill & Melinda Gates … More

UN chief: Achieving UN anti-poverty goals at risk because of declining aid to poor countries

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that the
first decline in international aid to developing countries in years is
jeopardizing the U.N. goal of reducing poverty by 2015 in many countries.

Culled from: The Washington Post

UN Scribe Calls For Stronger Global Development Partnership To Achieve MDGs

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for stronger global development partnership amid declining level of aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which world leaders pledged to achieve by 2015.

Addressing at a media conference to launch the 2012 MDG Gap Task Force Report at the UN headquarters in New York, Ban urged governments around the world not to place the burden of financial problems on the `back of the poor’’. He said the report painted a gloomy picture, adding that “it is clear that we need a stronger global partnership to achieve the MDGs by the 2015 deadline.”

Read the full story at Leadership.

Africa’s Development Demands Culture of Shared Responsibility

Sustainable development in Africa is not the exclusive responsibility of government. We need to do our part as well. In … More