UNDP: Selected from more than 7,500 candidates, Mouhamed Diagne will represent African youth

Senegalese researcher Mouhamed Diagne has been appointed for a two-year term on the UNDP’s African Youth Co-Creators Council, selected from more than 7,500 applications from Africa and its diaspora. The 11-member body is intended to represent African youth and help shape policies suited to the continent’s challenges. Diagne holds dual master’s degrees in climatology and political science, is pursuing a doctorate at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, and works as a programme analyst at the Africa Governance Institute. His work covers climate adaptation and finance, vulnerability, and the geopolitics of climate change.