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African Youth Leaders Tell UN: We Are Force for Change

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - African youth activists called on the international
   community Wednesday to view the 220 million young people on their
   continent as a positive force for change, not a problem requiring
   solutions.

   "We must change the narrative about African youth to become a narrative
   of collective, positive actors, among the most informed, the most
   resilient generation of Africa," said Aya Chebbi, the African Union's
   special envoy on youth.

   The growing youth population is often viewed as a potential time bomb
   for the continent, as governments struggle to provide education and
   good jobs to the millions of young people seeking a better life.
   Recruitment by armed groups and migration away from the continent have
   increased, as the root causes of hopelessness are not adequately
   addressed.
   

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