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In rural communities, women drive change every day, often quietly but with a powerful impact.

The majority of girls everywhere are increasingly showing remarkable bravery and a strong commitment to creating better futures for themselves and their communities.

Every morning across Africa, rural teachers rise before the sun.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 October 2025 – The African Union Commission today announced the introduction of a new category for the teachers prize,  the Rural Continental Teacher Award within the African Union Continental Teacher Awards (CTA), to begin in 2026 and continue for an initial period of three years.

If you are reading this today, it means that when you were in primary school, a committed parent, teacher, and community ensured that you learnt how to read and write.

World Humanitarian Day 2025 is marked amid global disturbances, with the international community retreating from its responsibilities, a betrayal of the most affected communities, demonstrating the growing disconnect between humanitarian needs and global solidarity.

World Youth Skills Day is more than a celebration; it is a call to action.

  Two new education initiatives have been launched in Mozambique and Malawi under the European Union’s Regional Teachers’ Initiative for Africa (RTIA) Facility Programme, aiming to address the critical shortage of qualified teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

On this 50th anniversary of the Day of the African Child 2025, we celebrate progress in addressing emerging threats and outstanding challenges to children’s survival and well-being on various fronts on the African continent.

As we mark World Environment Day, the world faces a significant challenge with plastic pollution, posing harm year after year not only to people but also to the environment and marine life.