Roundup: African youth s China perception improves amid blossoming ties
Xinhua
07 May 2021, 23:30 GMT+10
NAIROBI, May 7 (Xinhua) Elias Gebreselassie grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and he, like his peers, has long thought that skyscrapers, shopping malls and highways could only be scenes in Hollywood movies. The 34-year-old praised China s investment in modern infrastructure such as roads and social facilities, which made the capital a charming international metropolis and the headquarters of the African Union. Gebreselassie said his understanding of China has been greatly improved after witnessing its contribution to Africa s socio-economic development through the construction of industrial parks, skyscrapers and electrified railway lines.
While they represent 55% of the 17 million population, these young people feel neglected by authorities. The state should review public policies, especially public policies for young people. And young people need three main things: training, employment, and support. The youth need funding, and capacity building because we the youth need to be occupied. But if the youth have no occupation, it only takes one thing at all for them to rebel , Yves Nzalé, Coordinator of the Group of Unemployed Graduates of Senegal told our Correspondent, Wahany Jonhson-Sambou.
Yet the state still boasts of having injected hundreds of billions of CFA francs to tackle unemployment.
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Secretary-General Appoints Khassim Diagne of Senegal Deputy Special Representative for Protection, Operations in Democratic Republic of Congo
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Khassim Diagne of Senegal as his Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
He succeeds David Gressly of the United States, to whom the Secretary-General is deeply grateful for his dedicated service.
Mr. Diagne brings to the position more than 25 years of experience in refugee protection, political affairs, management and oversight, having served since 2017 as Director of the Political, Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Human Rights Unit in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General. He was previously Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commission