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Parliamentarians debate the future of the SDGs</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">13 February 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-region field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class = "field__item"><a href="/en/news/region/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> </div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160131" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Scaling up or losing steam? 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field--type-string field--label-hidden">From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy transformation</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">29 January 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-region field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class = "field__item"><a href="/en/news/region/africa" hreflang="en">Africa</a></div> </div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159566" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=From policy to progress: UN deputy chief Mohammed outlines path for Africa’s clean energy transformation&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159566" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed highlighted on Tuesday the critical need for collaborative and urgent action to achieve the ambitious goal of bringing electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030.</p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2025/01/1159381'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" 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srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/16-01-2025_UNICEF_Sudan-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Collections/Embargoed/16-01-2025_UNICEF_Sudan-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="Children participate in an e-learning session at the Al Seniyaa internally displaced people’s gathering site in Port Sudan." title="Children participate in an e-learning session at the Al Seniyaa internally displaced people’s gathering site in Port Sudan." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2025/01/1159381" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">24 January 2025</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-region field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class = "field__item"><a href="/en/news/region/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> </div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159381" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1159381" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Marking the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/education-day">International Day of Education</a>, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human right and foundation for individual and societal growth.</p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2025/01/1159001'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/14-01-2025-UN-Photo-Philemon-Yang-01.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source 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