Eliud Kipchoge is still going but at the 30km mark was 40 seconds off the leading pack 🇰🇪
The Kenyan went through 30km in 1:33:02 as he aims to complete his seventh major marathon star ⭐️
Performance of a lifetime! 🔥
Hellen Obiri makes a decisive move with 800m to go in the New York Marathon, breaking the course record by nearly three minutes! 👏
In preparation for Unstoppable Africa 2025, we walked through the venue here in New York City to envision how this year’s flagship forum will come to life.
Under the theme The Big Push: Africa Shapes the Markets, Unstoppable Africa will convene Heads of State, business leaders, innovators and investors to accelerate transformative investments, unlock new opportunities and position Africa as a driving force in global markets.
Africa is unstoppable. We look forward to welcoming you later this month.
👉 Learn more: https://t.co/7SadtmvOaW
#UnstoppableAfrica #GABI
UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres on Wednesday repeated his call for Africa to have a greater say in decisions that affect its future, in remarks to a conference in Japan focused on the continent’s development. #TICAD9
Once the largest slave-trading site on the West African coast, Gorée Island, in Senegal, testifies to one of the darkest chapters in human history.
Now a @UNESCO World Heritage Site, it's a somber reminder of human exploitation & a symbol of resilience. https://t.co/Uu6P2nA4Yn
"Ignorance allows for racism, but racism requires ignorance." - Sarah Lewis, Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University speaks to UN News about how art and culture can help #FightRacism.
https://t.co/vgHXNKyCfX
Happy #WangariMaathaiDay “In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now”. @GreenBeltMovmnt
The first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai was dedicated to sustainable development and amplifying youth voices to promote peace.
In 2012, the African Union named 3 March as Africa Environment and #WangariMaathaiDay to continue her legacy.
Crown shyness is a phenomenon where trees' uppermost branches avoid touching, forming a delicate web of natural negative space. This is thought to be a growth response to prevent ongoing abrasion damage and potential pest invasion.
📽:Dimitar Karanikolov
Today marks the beginning of the #16DaysOfActivism Campaign against Gender-Based Violence that will be observed under the theme “Towards 30 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: UNiTE to End Violence Against Women and Girls.”
#NoExcuse#EndGBVAfrica