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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks to reporters.

Malala Yousafzaï during her speech at the European Parliament

Uganda has reduced poverty and child mortality by half, and has enrolled most primary-age children in school. However, new service delivery data published suggest that the quality of education and health services remains weak, posing serious challenges to the country’s long-term social and economic progress as outlined in its Vision 2040 for the future.

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador A’Salfo donated the rights from his new single, “Savoir” (Knowledge), to the Organization’s literacy projects. The song, is a hymn to the transformative power of education in Africa and features an all-star cast of acclaimed musicians from several African nations and France.

In the aftermath of the devastating typhoon in the country, teachers globally have reacted promptly, showing great solidarity with severely affected colleagues.

The World Bank and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation today jointly organized the Russia ICT Day Forum, a high-level seminar on the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on all levels of the Russian government. The main goal of the event was to raise awareness of the landscape of Russia’s ICT policies and industry evolution and facilitate knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices between the Russia’s policymakers, representatives of international organizations, the world’s largest IT companies and ICT experts, and US government officials.