[Unicef] Dakar, Senegal, 10 October 2025 - To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls' Summit. Their message to presidents, policymakers, and the rest of the world is clear:

[Independent (Kampala)] African nations have since independence operated within a global system they did not participate in designing, one that often undermines their agency and development. The African nation-states continue to battle internal governance issues, corruption, and conflicts. The post Second World War liberal international order built on principles of market capitalism, secular individualism and democracy was presented to the continent not as an optional framework but as a singular dogmatic path to legitimacy and