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The ARED association, founded in Senegal, has been awarded the prestigious Yidan Prize for its innovative methods of learning in multiple languages. Mamadou Amadou Ly, head of the organisation Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED), has become the first African to receive the 2025 Yidan Prize for Education… Read more »

Queen Rima is a Guinean artist with a passion for urban music and the rhythms of her country. She was born and raised in Conakry, where she began dancing at an early age, performing in Guinean venues before making a name for herself on the international scene. Winner of the… Read more »

While his election is a major diplomatic victory for Egypt, the future Director-General will have to find a new place for the UN agency in a changing world. In November 2025, Khaled Ahmed El-Enany Ali Ezz will succeed Audrey Azoulay as head of UNESCO for a four-year term. The Egyptian… Read more »

The future of the UN is at stake. For it to remain relevant and survive, it must cast off dogma and embrace a results-oriented approach. In the corridors of the United Nations as it celebrates its 80th anniversary, anxious diplomats speak of a new ‘darkest hour’. Conflicts rage in Gaza,… Read more »

At no time since its founding has the United Nations faced a world so fractured and yet so desperately in need of collective action. This week, as leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, the question is no longer whether speeches will inspire but whether the system… Read more »

French pay-TV giant Canal+ has assumed control of South Africa’s MultiChoice Group, cementing a landmark transaction that creates one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies. The move follows the finalisation of Canal+’s mandatory offer to acquire all outstanding shares in MultiChoice at R125 per share, a deal valued… Read more »