Youth. Antisocial, mobile-tapping, Lady Gaga–obsessed layabouts who get off the couch only to riot. What’s to like? Rather a lot. In the Middle East and North Africa, youths played a major role in bringing down some long-standing dictatorships. And that may be only the start. A burgeoning young population might help speed global economic growth [...]

15 to 17th April marks Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), an annual campaign which is being led by Youth Service America with its regional and country partners to: – MOBILIZE youth to identify and address the needs of their communities through service, SUPPORT youth on a life-long path of service and civic engagement and EDUCATE [...]

The World Bank has asked African governments to urgently tackle youth unemployment and inequality among different population groups to avoid losing economic gains. It says that violence is spurred by lack of jobs among the youth, inequality between social, ethnic, regional or religious groups as well as infiltration of trafficking networks and foreign security interference. [...]