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African nations assert leadership at the U.N. while regional crises persist

As leaders gathered, progress along climate and financial fronts contrasted with grim reports on rights and violence.

A.U. Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, left, and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, center, meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
A.U. Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, left, and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, center, meet on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. (AN/UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

As world leaders met at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, a sharp contrast emerged between some diplomatic gains on climate and development versus the escalating humanitarian crises across Africa.

A U.N. Human Rights Council panel of independent experts on racial justice and equality in law enforcement reported on Thursday that systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent is "pervasive and deeply entrenched" in criminal justice systems globally.

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