N'Dongo Athie

N'Dongo Athie is a reporter who covers the United Nations for the Asahi Shimbun and is a correspondent for Radio France International. She has a master's degree in journalism from the Free University of Brussels and a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Lorraine, France. Athie is fluent in English, French, Fula and learning Arabic. @NdongoA1

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A UN-Centric Boutique, Sparkling in USA’s Silicon Valley

N'Dongo Athie

• December 10, 2019

What: The small and colorful United Nations Association gift shop has been located in the same exact spot since it opened in 1974, in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. It sells everything from artisanal jewelry and baskets to plenty of other low-tech, mostly handmade goods in between, symbolically representing the world. The …

GOINGS-ON, US-UN Relations

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A New Academic Home Opens for Collecting ‘the Best’ Research on Peacemaking

N'Dongo Athie

• October 22, 2019

What’s new: The Impact:Peace initiative launched this summer to provide “real” impact on peace-building on the ground, its founders say. The goal of the million-dollar project is to significantly reduce conflict worldwide, while accelerating the most important changes in the peace-building field. As the United Nations Security Council remains divided geopolitically and unable to …