October 25, 2022
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 »
Africa: Public Development Banks Can't Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Africa: Developing Countries Battle Climate Change, While the Wealthy Make Frozen Pledges #AfricaClimateCrisis
The countdown to the UN Climate Summit COP27, which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to November 18, has begun. Read more »
Africa: Saving Lives Can't Ever Be Divisive
That's why a new ship with a big white "E" will navigate the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel has a red hull, is more than fifty meters long and has low decks. Soon, it will leave the… Read more »
Africa: Accelerating Post-Pandemic SDG 6 Achievements On Water & Sanitation
Global progress has been staggeringly inadequate against Sustainable Development Goal 6, "clean water and sanitation for all." Read more »
October 19, 2022
Africa: Time Is Running Out for Decisions On Debt Relief As Countries Face Escalating Development Crisis
Developing low- and middle-income economies are taking hard hits from global economic developments outside their control. Monetary tightening in advanced economies coupled with… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: Are Climate Summits A Waste Of Time?
The 27th annual UN climate summit is taking place in November. Will it be worth all the time and effort? Professor Felix Dodds and Chris Spence--who have attended many of… Read more »
Gabon: Environment Minister Reflects On Conservation Successes, Future Challenges
Over the past few years, Gabon has been successful in its forest conservation efforts. The country has also been able to work hard to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Rural Women Work The Hardest, Produce The Most, Eat The Least
Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated, specially when it comes to those who have already been deprived of their basic human rights, as it is the case of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Poverty Haunts Resettled Farmers
Edious Murewa has for years boasted of owning a 10-hectare piece of land, but now the 52-year-old is full of regrets. He faces poverty years after he invaded part of a farm once… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Africa: World Food Day 2022 Call To Action As 828 Million People Go Hungry
World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022, with the theme Leave NO ONE behind. During this week, IPS will publish features that showcase better production, better nutrition,… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: Millions of Girls Abused in the Name of Toxic Masculinity
A common feature to religions - including the monotheistic ones - is that groups of males have self-proclaimed themselves as the source for interpreting the "Word of God," shaping… Read more »
Africa: How Digital Can Drive a Green Recovery
As much of the world was starting to glimpse recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now finds itself amid a cost-of-living crisis brought on by disruptions in global energy and… Read more »
October 12, 2022
Africa: Big Business, Not Vulnerable Communities, Benefited From Post-Pandemic Support - Report
Governments and international financial institutions must adopt new ways of providing post-pandemic support, say campaigners after a report found that in many poorer countries, big… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Kenya: University Outreach Project Teaching Tissue Culture to Potato Farmers
World Food Day is celebrated on October 16, 2022, with the theme Leave NO ONE behind. During this week IPS will look at features that showcase better production, better nutrition,… Read more »
Africa: Development Banks Should Reform Their Lending Practices
In the last week of September, emerging market (EM) bond fund outflows hit $4.2 billion, according to JP Morgan, bringing this year's total to a record $70 billion. The exodus, set… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Africa: UN Censures 42 Nations for Retaliating Against Human Rights Activists & Journalists
The United Nations has singled out 42 countries (out of 193 member states) for condemnation - virtually blacklisting them- for retaliating against human rights activists and… Read more »
Africa: Africa, the Looted Continent
Africa. The birthplace of "Homo Sapiens." The land of plenty. The origin of farming. The richest region in terms of natural resources. And human capital. Home to over 1.3 billion… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Africa: Addressing the Cow in the Room, Lowing for Nutrition and Livelihoods #AfricaClimateCrisis
Meat, milk, and eggs are bad for you, and livestock is bad for the environment. Read more »
October 06, 2022
Africa: Africa Is Not a Country. It Is a Continent.
"If all I knew about Africa were from popular images, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals and incomprehensible people, fighting… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Africa: Energy Transition - Is It Time for Africa to Talk Tough?
Thirty-year-old Difasi Amooti Kisembo is one of the demonstrators near the EU delegation offices in Kampala. He and a handful of others have traveled from Uganda's oil and gas-rich… Read more »
Africa: Successful Climate Solutions Require Investment in the Lives of Adolescent Girls
This year commemorates the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child. While the last decade has seen greater attention on the positive development needs of girls,… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Kenya: Lives Hang in the Balance As Arid Regions Ravaged By Severe Prolonged Drought
The sight of children begging for water from motorists along the Garissa highway in the northeastern part of Kenya signals that all is not well. Unable to go to school on an empty… Read more »