Daily Brief — September 12, 2026
Dag Hammarskjöld on practising justice consistently, and a look at Africa’s new continental convention on ending violence against women and girls.
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Dag Hammarskjöld on practising justice consistently, and a look at Africa’s new continental convention on ending violence against women and girls.
Kofi Annan on human rights as African rights, and a short look at why birth registration can shape a child’s access to education and other rights in Cameroon.
Nelson Mandela on the power of education, and a short look at the millions of children and young people still out of school in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eleanor Roosevelt on where human rights begin, and a short look at women’s representation in African parliaments.
Martin Luther King Jr. on the reach of injustice, and a short look at what makes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so important.
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