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Several African heads of state and delegations are in New York for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
About 130 world leaders will be at the annual high-level debate to address pressing global issues, from scrapping North Korea’s nuclear weapons to financing development.
Some of the highlights for the continent of Africa will be heads of state addressing the United Nations for the first time including South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa.
Other heads of state also attending for the first time are Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed, Liberia’s George Weah, Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio and Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa.
This year’s Assembly is also expected to honour two of Africa’s most illustrious sons, Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and Koffi Annan, a former UN secretary general who passed on last month.