November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - The Thorny Road to Sharm El Sheikh
The 27th Conference Of Parties (COP27) on Climate Change comes at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges due to the magnitude and the interconnected nature of our… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Africa: Revealed - Rich Countries 'Miserably' Fall Below Their Climate Promises, Further Indebt the Poor #AfricaClimateCrisis
Just a few days ahead of the UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt (6-18 November), new revelations show how far rich, industrialised countries -those who contribute most to the… Read more »
Africa: COP27 - a Climate Summit Following Empty Promises & Funding Failures
The COP 27 climate summit is taking place amid a rash of political, economic and environmental upheavals, including missed funding and emission targets, increased pollution and… Read more »
Africa: Cop 15 - It's Time to Decide On a Future #AfricaClimateCrisis
It is no secret that humankind's past actions have accelerated the deterioration of ecosystems, negatively impacting our economies, societies, health, and cultures. It is estimated… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: Anti-Microbial Resistance Strategies Need Urgent Attention to Prevent Unnecessary Deaths in Africa
African countries must find a way of fighting Anti-Microbial Resistance in the healthcare system to avoid unnecessary deaths. Read more »
Africa: Why Greta Thunberg Is Wrong to Boycott COP27
Her recent announcement that she will not attend COP27 is understandable, but we still hope she'll reconsider. Read more »
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 »
Africa: Campaign for a Fossil Fuels Non-Proliferation Treaty Gathers Steam
When it comes to moral endorsements, having the Vatican's backing takes some beating. So the international campaign for a legally binding Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty took… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: Half of World's Illegal Vessels Operate in African Waters - Report
As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice's devastating economic… Read more »
East Africa: Tackling Recurring Hunger Crises in the Horn of Africa - Beginning With Somalia
The statistics are stark. The crisis is unprecedented. Yet again, according to the United Nations, famine looms in Somalia, with hundreds of thousands already facing starvation. In… Read more »
Kenya: Land Ownership Model Is Restoring Biodiversity, Empowering Communities in Kenya #AfricaClimateHope
When Mara Siana Conservancy came into operation in 2016, there was a single zebra and a topi (antelope) in the valley just outside the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The… Read more »
Africa: Early Coal Retirement - How About a Global Auction?
Report after report highlights that we can only achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions required by the climate goals of the Paris Agreement if much of the existing… Read more »
Africa: A Beacon of Light in Dark Times - the Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
Before she was murdered in Honduras in 2016, the Lenca Indigenous woman and human rights defender Berta Cáceres poignantly said: "They are afraid of us because we are not… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Oil Exporters Make Markets, Not War
The decision to cut oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies as of Nov. 1 comes in response to the need to face a shrinking market,… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Education Cannot Wait Director Calls On Donors to Expand Support for Successful Programme Bringing Girls and Boys Back to Learning in Post-Conflict Areas
The Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif, launched a strong call for public and private donors to step up funding, asking them to "show the same courage" she saw… Read more »
Africa: Developing Countries Need Monetary Financing
Developing countries have long been told to avoid borrowing from central banks (CBs) to finance government spending. Many have even legislated against CB financing of fiscal… Read more »
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 »
October 31, 2022
Africa: Farm-Kids-Turned-Scientists Give Back On the Climate-Crisis Front Line
Dr Alice Karanja knows from personal experience the tough choices the climate crisis is putting people before in the Global South. Choices such as whether to have a healthy diet or… Read more »
Africa: A Tale of Cities
For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis. Read more »
October 29, 2022
Zimbabwe: Artisanal Miners Ruin Diminishing Forests
With homemade tents scattered about, hordes of artisanal gold miners throng parts of Mazowe village in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central Province, where they have cut down thousands… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Cannot Be Ignored - COP27 Envoy On Youth
COP 27's official Youth Envoy, Dr Omnia El Omrani, realised the impact of climate change in 2017, and Hurricane Irma slammed Miami. Read more »
October 25, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Brings New Pest & Disease Pressures Previously Unimaginable #AfricaClimateCrisis
In temperate zones lie most of the world's richest countries, which have also been up till now the world's major breadbaskets, in meeting international grain, oilseed and livestock… Read more »
Kenya: Broken Relationship With Nature Exposed As Global Wildlife Population Plummets
Home to a variety of iconic and rare animal and plant species, freshwater lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and the expansive Indian Ocean coastline, Kenya's place as a biodiversity… Read more »
Africa: Macroeconomic Policy Coordination More One-Sided, Ineffective
Widespread adverse reactions to the UK government's recent 'mini-budget' forced new Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign. The episode highlighted problems of macroeconomic policy… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Rwanda: Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross "Petite… Read more »