December 15, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Borderlands and Bloodbaths - the Case of Congo and Ukraine
During November, soldiers of the March 23 Movement (M23) have been approaching Goma in the eastern territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), close to the Rwandan… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Climate Change, Conflict Pushing Millions of Children Out of School
A silent catastrophe is unfolding in Ethiopia on the backdrop of years of inter-communal conflict and the most prolonged and severe drought in recent years. High inflation and food… Read more »
December 01, 2022
Africa: Illegal Immigration - a Mounting Global Crisis
Illegal immigration has evolved into a mounting crisis for a growing number of countries worldwide and governments appear to be at a loss on how to deal with the crisis. Read more »
November 10, 2022
Africa: 'Tactical' Nuclear Weapons Could Unleash Untold Damage, Experts Warn
Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the conflict's potential to escalate to the use of nuclear weapons has been highlighted by political analysts and military experts… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: Solidarity and Negotiations to End the Ukraine War
On November 1, a statement of solidarity with Russians opposed to the Ukraine War was published. It was signed by more than 1,000 U.S. men and women who had opposed the U.S.… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: COP27 Climate Summit Is an Opportunity to Promote Peace
Peace is precious. The past few months have offered daily reminders of this simple fact. War in Ukraine. Russian and North Korean nuclear threats. Growing tensions over Taiwan.… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Refugees Most Vulnerable in Ongoing Food Insecurity Crisis - UN
Representatives from UN agencies and several countries called for more substantive action to support refugees and internally displaced people amid the ongoing global food crisis. Read more »
Africa: Towards a More Secure Future Through Effective Multilateralism
As world leaders gather in New York for the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly this week, the security horizon is undoubtedly dark. Read more »
August 16, 2022
Africa: Refugees Face Often Neglected Mental Health Challenges - Report
While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also face poorer health outcomes. Read more »
August 12, 2022
Africa: The Hunger Factory (II) - the Modern Horsemen of the Apocalypse
While often too quickly attributing -quasi exclusively- the world unprecedented hunger tragedy to the current proxy war in Ukraine, other major causes remain hidden in plain sight. Read more »
August 11, 2022
Africa: The Hunger Factory (I) - The Miracle of the Sudden Rise and Fall of Food Prices
The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined "significantly" in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines. Read more »
August 03, 2022
Africa: Technology Helps Traffickers Hunt Their Victims, Enslave Them, Sell Their Organs
Human beings have proved to be capable of producing innumerable practical inventions while much too often making the worst use of them. Take the case, per example, of how criminal… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Nigeria: Surviving the Food Crisis in North-East Nigeria
Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or… Read more »
July 25, 2022
West Africa: An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis
Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, Dakar Read more »
June 28, 2022
Africa: NATO Summit Set to Further Militarise Europe, Expand in Africa?
The three-day North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-NATO Summit in Madrid (28,29, 30 June 2022) is expected to agree to considerably increase Europe's military power, heavily… Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: The World's Worst Food Crisis for Decades - and What to Do About It
This is what happens when you starve. With no food, the body's metabolism slows down to preserve energy for vital organs. Hungry and weak, people often become fatigued, irritable… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Africa: Ukraine War Creates New Crises in Global South
While the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is shaking up the European security order, other parts of the world are being particularly affected by the war's 'side effects'. Read more »
May 09, 2022
Africa: Education and Aid - Today Is the Time for Transformation
"I first think about my children. They are why we were forced to leave - because our children are always our first concern." Read more »
September 11, 2012
Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores
Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how… Read more »
August 08, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Start for Coffee Producers
Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the country's output in 2010 was less than a tenth the… Read more »
July 06, 2007
Sudan: UN Says Ailing Environment a Key 'Stress Factor'
A report by the U.N. Environment Programme assessing Sudan's environmental degradation, scheduled for a national launch in Khartoum on Jul. 8, has spurred debate for linking… Read more »
July 05, 2007
Ethiopia: Ogaden Crackdown Carries High Human Cost
An intensified counter-insurgency campaign against Somali rebels and their suspected civilian supporters in Ethiopia's Ogaden region is drawing growing criticism by human… Read more »
February 04, 2006
Cote d'Ivoire: Falling Global Prices Make Cotton Unattractive
To stem famine and counter a major reduction in rice imports, more and more farmers have been growing rice during the political crisis that has split Ivory Coast in two since 2002. Read more »
October 20, 2005
Sudan: Oil Sector Proves a Hard Nut to Crack
For geological engineer Farouq Kam, Sudan's 21-year civil war didn't really end in January when the country's Islamist government signed a peace agreement with rebels from the… Read more »
July 12, 2004
Congo-Brazzaville: Country Cut From 'Clean' Diamond List
An international diamond "policing" scheme has stricken the Republic of Congo from its list of countries certified as following global trading rules, and accused the… Read more »