Sofia Diarra
@sofiadiarra.bsky.social
Communications for the UN 🇺🇳
Highlight of the year (so far!)-collaborating with BBC News Africa to produce this important discussion about AI, Youth and Jobs-The Future of Work in Africa: youtu.be/3V5psLHdRH0?...
What is the future of AI and work in Africa? BBC Africa
YouTube video by BBC News Africa
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November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Highlight of the year (so far!)-collaborating with BBC News Africa to produce this important discussion about AI, Youth and Jobs-The Future of Work in Africa: youtu.be/3V5psLHdRH0?...
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Disasters cost agriculture $99B a year. In 30 years, climate shocks erased $3.26T, including 4.6B tonnes of cereals. Lost calories could feed 1.05B people for a year. Digital tech and strong institutions can shift countries from reaction to prevention. openknowledge.fao.org/items/05a73b...
In Brief to The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025
This document summarizes the findings of the flagship report 'The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025'.This biennial flagship report provides comprehensive evidence on the escala...
openknowledge.fao.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Disasters cost agriculture $99B a year. In 30 years, climate shocks erased $3.26T, including 4.6B tonnes of cereals. Lost calories could feed 1.05B people for a year. Digital tech and strong institutions can shift countries from reaction to prevention. openknowledge.fao.org/items/05a73b...
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Violent conflict.
Climate shocks.
Poverty.
In 2024, children faced skyrocketing needs while the resources to respond continued to shrink.
Here’s how UNICEF stayed and delivered #ForEveryChild despite the challenges.
unicef.link/4nj5AMF
Climate shocks.
Poverty.
In 2024, children faced skyrocketing needs while the resources to respond continued to shrink.
Here’s how UNICEF stayed and delivered #ForEveryChild despite the challenges.
unicef.link/4nj5AMF
June 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Violent conflict.
Climate shocks.
Poverty.
In 2024, children faced skyrocketing needs while the resources to respond continued to shrink.
Here’s how UNICEF stayed and delivered #ForEveryChild despite the challenges.
unicef.link/4nj5AMF
Climate shocks.
Poverty.
In 2024, children faced skyrocketing needs while the resources to respond continued to shrink.
Here’s how UNICEF stayed and delivered #ForEveryChild despite the challenges.
unicef.link/4nj5AMF
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Girls in India are shaping the future through science.
At a UNICEF-supported lab, they’re using robotics and 3D printing to build real-world solutions.
When girls have the tools to create, there is no limit to what they can achieve. #GirlsInSTEM #GirlGoals
At a UNICEF-supported lab, they’re using robotics and 3D printing to build real-world solutions.
When girls have the tools to create, there is no limit to what they can achieve. #GirlsInSTEM #GirlGoals
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Girls in India are shaping the future through science.
At a UNICEF-supported lab, they’re using robotics and 3D printing to build real-world solutions.
When girls have the tools to create, there is no limit to what they can achieve. #GirlsInSTEM #GirlGoals
At a UNICEF-supported lab, they’re using robotics and 3D printing to build real-world solutions.
When girls have the tools to create, there is no limit to what they can achieve. #GirlsInSTEM #GirlGoals
“Road crashes claim nearly 1.2 million lives each year—around 3,300 every day—with children and young people disproportionately affected.”
blogs.worldbank.org/en/transport...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/transport...
#CommitToLife: How the World Bank Is Advancing Road Safety at a Critical Juncture
As the world approaches the midpoint of the United Nation’s Second Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-2030), the urgency to meet the goal of halving road traffic fatalities and serious injuries by...
blogs.worldbank.org
February 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“Road crashes claim nearly 1.2 million lives each year—around 3,300 every day—with children and young people disproportionately affected.”
blogs.worldbank.org/en/transport...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/transport...
“I didn't decide to become a musician. It was music that chose me” An interview with Grammy winner and @unicef.org ambassador Angélique Kidjo on her work and activism www.un.org/africarenewa...
Angélique Kidjo on music, activism, and empowering Africa’s next generation
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February 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“I didn't decide to become a musician. It was music that chose me” An interview with Grammy winner and @unicef.org ambassador Angélique Kidjo on her work and activism www.un.org/africarenewa...
Tune in on Jan 27-28 to watch African Leaders and Development Partners discuss challenges and solutions for affordable, sustainable energy access across the continent. Sign up & join the conversation live.worldbank.org/en/event/202... #PoweringAfrica via @worldbankgroup.bsky.social
Advancing Africa's Energy Future at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit
Connecting 300 Million People to Electricity by 2030
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January 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Tune in on Jan 27-28 to watch African Leaders and Development Partners discuss challenges and solutions for affordable, sustainable energy access across the continent. Sign up & join the conversation live.worldbank.org/en/event/202... #PoweringAfrica via @worldbankgroup.bsky.social
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WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
January 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
FAO: “In a country that is almost 90% desert, the menace of advancing sand dunes, land degradation and desertification is palpable and increasing.“
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www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
Giving back to the desert in Mauritania
In depth story: Giving back to the desert in Mauritania
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January 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
FAO: “In a country that is almost 90% desert, the menace of advancing sand dunes, land degradation and desertification is palpable and increasing.“
www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...
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#Syria: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say @UN investigators and “finally” establishing the fate of tens of thousands who had been “illegally arrested, detained and suffered years of violence inside the prison system." news.un.org/en/story/202...
Syria crisis: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigators
The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accountability closer than ever – if only proof can be preserved ...
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December 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
#Syria: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say @UN investigators and “finally” establishing the fate of tens of thousands who had been “illegally arrested, detained and suffered years of violence inside the prison system." news.un.org/en/story/202...
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🔴 2023 was also the driest year for global rivers in 33 years.
🌡️ Rising temperatures are speeding up the hydrological cycle, making it more erratic and unpredictable.
🔵 This means we’re increasingly facing extremes—too much water in some places and too little in others.
🌡️ Rising temperatures are speeding up the hydrological cycle, making it more erratic and unpredictable.
🔵 This means we’re increasingly facing extremes—too much water in some places and too little in others.
December 13, 2024 at 12:46 PM
🔴 2023 was also the driest year for global rivers in 33 years.
🌡️ Rising temperatures are speeding up the hydrological cycle, making it more erratic and unpredictable.
🔵 This means we’re increasingly facing extremes—too much water in some places and too little in others.
🌡️ Rising temperatures are speeding up the hydrological cycle, making it more erratic and unpredictable.
🔵 This means we’re increasingly facing extremes—too much water in some places and too little in others.
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Gabriel Paun has faced threats and violence in his quest to protect Romania’s old-growth forests.
But that didn’t stop him.
His work has saved tens of thousands of hectares—and earned him a place among the 2024 #EarthChamps Inspiration & Action laureates.
More: www.unep.org/championsofe...
But that didn’t stop him.
His work has saved tens of thousands of hectares—and earned him a place among the 2024 #EarthChamps Inspiration & Action laureates.
More: www.unep.org/championsofe...
December 13, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Gabriel Paun has faced threats and violence in his quest to protect Romania’s old-growth forests.
But that didn’t stop him.
His work has saved tens of thousands of hectares—and earned him a place among the 2024 #EarthChamps Inspiration & Action laureates.
More: www.unep.org/championsofe...
But that didn’t stop him.
His work has saved tens of thousands of hectares—and earned him a place among the 2024 #EarthChamps Inspiration & Action laureates.
More: www.unep.org/championsofe...
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Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report reut.rs/4gtnesT
Human trafficking rises sharply after dropping during pandemic, UN says
Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report reut.rs/4gtnesT
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All human beings depend on the environment in which we live. A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is integral to fully enjoying various human rights.
For #HumanRightsDay, see how you can act now for a better future today and every day. www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
For #HumanRightsDay, see how you can act now for a better future today and every day. www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 AM
All human beings depend on the environment in which we live. A safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is integral to fully enjoying various human rights.
For #HumanRightsDay, see how you can act now for a better future today and every day. www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
For #HumanRightsDay, see how you can act now for a better future today and every day. www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
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More than 60 million displaced and stateless women and girls face heightened risks of gender-based violence during displacement.
It's time to turn awareness into action—protecting them is a global responsibility.
#16Days
It's time to turn awareness into action—protecting them is a global responsibility.
#16Days
December 5, 2024 at 1:55 PM
More than 60 million displaced and stateless women and girls face heightened risks of gender-based violence during displacement.
It's time to turn awareness into action—protecting them is a global responsibility.
#16Days
It's time to turn awareness into action—protecting them is a global responsibility.
#16Days
“Nothing and no one, not jail, not this attack with three bullets, takes away my desire to continue being the voice of my people, to continue with my activism, my defence of human rights…”
Marcela de Jesús. Journalist, activist, surviver.
Her incredible story: www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
Marcela de Jesús. Journalist, activist, surviver.
Her incredible story: www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
“I always wanted to be the voice of my people”
Marcela de Jesús Natalia is a Mexican Indigenous Ñomndaa’ journalist, who has dedicated her life to informing in her language and defending human rights. For this she was shot three times, nearly losi...
www.ohchr.org
November 30, 2024 at 8:28 PM
“Nothing and no one, not jail, not this attack with three bullets, takes away my desire to continue being the voice of my people, to continue with my activism, my defence of human rights…”
Marcela de Jesús. Journalist, activist, surviver.
Her incredible story: www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
Marcela de Jesús. Journalist, activist, surviver.
Her incredible story: www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
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Lesley Stahl reports on the growing market of “humans in the loop” — workers around the world who help train AI for big American tech companies. They say they face poor working conditions, low pay, and undertreated psychological trauma. Sunday on 60 ⏱️
November 22, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Lesley Stahl reports on the growing market of “humans in the loop” — workers around the world who help train AI for big American tech companies. They say they face poor working conditions, low pay, and undertreated psychological trauma. Sunday on 60 ⏱️
“A 10-year-old in 2024 will experience three times more floods, five times more droughts, and 36 times more heatwaves over their lifetime compared to a 10-year-old in 1970.”
Important read: Impact of climate crisis on education in low/ middle income countries 👇
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
Important read: Impact of climate crisis on education in low/ middle income countries 👇
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
More than 400 Million Students Affected by Climate-Related School Closures since 2022
Education systems can skill young people for climate mitigation and adaptation. At the same time, climate change induced heat and extreme weather events are significantly disrupting learning, and low-...
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November 23, 2024 at 12:33 PM
“A 10-year-old in 2024 will experience three times more floods, five times more droughts, and 36 times more heatwaves over their lifetime compared to a 10-year-old in 1970.”
Important read: Impact of climate crisis on education in low/ middle income countries 👇
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
Important read: Impact of climate crisis on education in low/ middle income countries 👇
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
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🚨Once again, we are sending out a Red Alert.
📈The #StateOfClimate update at #COP29 confirms that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record—hotter even than 2023, which smashed all previous records.
🔗 Full update: wmo.int/publication-...
📈The #StateOfClimate update at #COP29 confirms that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record—hotter even than 2023, which smashed all previous records.
🔗 Full update: wmo.int/publication-...
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
🚨Once again, we are sending out a Red Alert.
📈The #StateOfClimate update at #COP29 confirms that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record—hotter even than 2023, which smashed all previous records.
🔗 Full update: wmo.int/publication-...
📈The #StateOfClimate update at #COP29 confirms that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record—hotter even than 2023, which smashed all previous records.
🔗 Full update: wmo.int/publication-...
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#Myanmar is the deadliest country for landmine casualties, with over 1,000 victims in 2023
Independent #HumanRights experts warn this grim milestone highlights a deeper crisis, as the military escalates attacks on civilians, including those with disabilities
My story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Independent #HumanRights experts warn this grim milestone highlights a deeper crisis, as the military escalates attacks on civilians, including those with disabilities
My story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Children and amputees bear brunt of Myanmar’s deadly landmine epidemic
Myanmar has become the world’s deadliest country for landmine and unexploded ordnance casualties, with over 1,000 victims in 2023 alone, surpassing all other nations, according to separate studies by ...
news.un.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:52 PM
#Myanmar is the deadliest country for landmine casualties, with over 1,000 victims in 2023
Independent #HumanRights experts warn this grim milestone highlights a deeper crisis, as the military escalates attacks on civilians, including those with disabilities
My story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Independent #HumanRights experts warn this grim milestone highlights a deeper crisis, as the military escalates attacks on civilians, including those with disabilities
My story ⤵️
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Turning waste into treasure: Gadiaba Kodio's mission to recycle Africa's waste
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November 22, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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Together for farmers:
FAO and COP29 Presidency launch the ‘Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers’
The platform will help farmers navigate the current network of agriculture-focused initiatives and programs
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
FAO and COP29 Presidency launch the ‘Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers’
The platform will help farmers navigate the current network of agriculture-focused initiatives and programs
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
November 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Together for farmers:
FAO and COP29 Presidency launch the ‘Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers’
The platform will help farmers navigate the current network of agriculture-focused initiatives and programs
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
FAO and COP29 Presidency launch the ‘Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers’
The platform will help farmers navigate the current network of agriculture-focused initiatives and programs
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
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The climate crisis puts children's rights to health, a livable planet, and a better future at risk.
On #WorldChildrensDay, UNICEF is calling on world leaders to #ActNow for every child. www.unicef.org/world-childr...
On #WorldChildrensDay, UNICEF is calling on world leaders to #ActNow for every child. www.unicef.org/world-childr...
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
The climate crisis puts children's rights to health, a livable planet, and a better future at risk.
On #WorldChildrensDay, UNICEF is calling on world leaders to #ActNow for every child. www.unicef.org/world-childr...
On #WorldChildrensDay, UNICEF is calling on world leaders to #ActNow for every child. www.unicef.org/world-childr...
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Humanity faces a triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, & pollution. Sometimes, it’s hard not to lose hope. UNEP is all about visionary blue-sky thinking for Earth & now we are on BlueSky, sharing ideas, solutions, & voices from the people most affected by environmental change.
November 19, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Humanity faces a triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, & pollution. Sometimes, it’s hard not to lose hope. UNEP is all about visionary blue-sky thinking for Earth & now we are on BlueSky, sharing ideas, solutions, & voices from the people most affected by environmental change.
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African climate leadership at #COP29 matters.
Africa is not a climate victim, but a continent of solutions to tackle the climate crisis. But these diverse countries need greater support to mitigate & adapt to climate impacts.
My remarks at African Ministerial Meeting: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Africa is not a climate victim, but a continent of solutions to tackle the climate crisis. But these diverse countries need greater support to mitigate & adapt to climate impacts.
My remarks at African Ministerial Meeting: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
African climate leadership at COP29 and beyond
Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, emphasizes that Africa, severely impacted by climate change, must focus on sustainable, low-carbon growth. A climate financial decision at COP29 is critical fo...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM
African climate leadership at #COP29 matters.
Africa is not a climate victim, but a continent of solutions to tackle the climate crisis. But these diverse countries need greater support to mitigate & adapt to climate impacts.
My remarks at African Ministerial Meeting: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Africa is not a climate victim, but a continent of solutions to tackle the climate crisis. But these diverse countries need greater support to mitigate & adapt to climate impacts.
My remarks at African Ministerial Meeting: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...