As the EU negotiates its next long term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), young advocates are calling for investments that lay foundations for shared prosperity across Europe and Africa. The decisions made now will shape Europe’s role in the world for years to come, from global health to education, climate action, equality, and partnerships.
This is a milestone year: the African Union–European Union partnership turns 25 at the same time as a generation of young people who have grown up alongside it. In November, leaders from both continents will gather in Luanda, Angola for the sixth AU–EU Summit. They will be marking a quarter century of cooperation that began on April 3, 2000, when the first summit met in Cairo, Egypt. In 25 years, there have been real wins: Child mortality has dropped. Access...
Laura Webb is a Youth Ambassador from the UK. I first joined the ONE Campaign Youth Ambassador program in 2019 during my first year of university. Since I have reapplied to the program and had the privilege to continue campaigning with inspirational people from around the world. I’m about to graduate with an MA in international education and development at the University of Sussex. With a job lined up to teach English in Thailand, I am aware of the sad fact...