Over 50 Lamu Youths Missing in Kenya
More than 50 young people have vanished in Kenya’s Lamu County, and police fear they crossed into Somalia to join...
October 7, 2026Topic
youth unemployment
Lesotho Asks the UN for Climate Money, Citing 38% Youth Joblessness
Lesotho barely emits yet faces floods and drought. At the UN, its prime minister sought climate money and said youth...
September 26, 2026
Morocco Election 2026: Where the Minimum Wage Stands
Morocco votes on 23 September with the minimum wage a central promise. Voters aged 18 to 24 are about 3%...
September 16, 2026
Kenya Informal Jobs Made Up 87% of New Work in 2025
Kenya informal jobs made up 87.2% of about 822,000 new positions in 2025, official Economic Survey data show, with 18.1...
September 3, 2026
Dakar Has Opened a Start-Up Programme for Athletes and Sport Businesses
The Dakar sport economy incubator, IncubaSport, will train 500 project-holders and accelerate 50 businesses across the capital’s 19 communes.
August 22, 2026
South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 33.6% in the Second Quarter
South Africa unemployment rose to 33.6 percent in the second quarter, up 0.9 points. On the wider measure that counts...
August 20, 2026
Nearly Half of Young South Africans Are Not Working or in Training
The South Africa youth NEET rate reached 45.6 percent for people aged 15 to 34 in the first quarter of...
August 15, 2026
Youth unemployment rate in Latin America rose to 24% in the first quarter of the year
The average rate of youth unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean reached in the first quarter the highest level...
August 12, 2021
Unemployment affects 29.8% of Brazil’s youths, says IBGE
The unemployment rate among 18- to 24-year-olds stood at 29.8% in late 2020. There was an increase of 6 percentage...
March 10, 2021