November 17, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Africa's Agri-Food Systems Losses Ignored in Global Climate Negotiations
At a time when sustainable farming approaches such as agroecology have been removed from the text at ongoing global climate negotiation (COP27) taking place in Sharm El Sheikh,… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Climate Change Exacerbates Vicious Loop of Human Rights Inequity
Climate change is worsening injustice globally, and the poor and vulnerable communities are the most affected. It is time the world acted on fulfilling human rights and building a… Read more »
Africa: Launch of EBRD Climate Adaptation Action Plan At COP27
As it moves to increase its climate adaptation finance, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched the EBRD Climate Adaptation Action Plan (CAAP) at… Read more »
Africa: COP27 - Show Me the Money - Supported By Policy
Climate change is an existential threat to humans and our ability to thrive on a healthy planet. But when it comes to rising temperatures, the inability of humankind to slow… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: Ending Gender-Based Violence in a World of 8 Billion
Whether to have children or not is one of the most life-altering decisions a person can make. Read more »
Africa: Leaders Told to Put 'Kids First' At COP27
Lea is a three-year-old from Mexico who loves ladybirds. Siddhiksha, a six-year-old from India, has a passion for trees and wild animals. Rachelle is a 12-year-old Tanzanian who is… Read more »
Africa: Three Truths to Address Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment in the UN
The U.S. Government has recently published 'Engagement Principles' on Protection from Sexual Exploitation Abuse & Sexual Harassment within International Organizations', and… Read more »
Africa: COP27 Fiddling As World Warms
The latest annual climate conference has begun in the face of a worsening climate crisis and further retreats by rich nations following the energy crisis induced by NATO sanctions… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Market Lords, Much More Than a War, Behind World's Food Crisis
While grain exports continue to regularly flow to world's markets since the July 2022 Turkey-brokered agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resume cereals and fertilisers… Read more »
Nigeria: Academics' Strike Puts Spotlight On Brain Drain
For eight months, the halls of Nigeria's universities and colleges remained silent - the result of a lecturers' strike brought upon by a wage and conditions of service dispute. Read more »
West Africa: President Biden Is Hosting a Summit of African Leaders - Governance in the Sahel Must Be a Priority
The upcoming Africa Leaders' Summit- slated to take place in Washington, DC in December- is well-timed. The Biden administration has made a welcome and significant push over the… Read more »
Africa: A World of 8 Billion - Population Growth Will Continue but It's Slowing Down
Global population is about to reach 8 billion, a mere 11 years after it reached 7 billion. The official Day of 8 Billion is observed by the UN November 15, though it's hard to… 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 »
Africa: Making the UN Charter a Reality - Towards a New Approach to Development Cooperation?
We are living in a world where both our bilateral and multilateral achievements, consensuses on human rights and social justice, and our resolve to public good are being tested… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: The Paradox of Invisibility - Submarine Cables and the Geopolitics of Deep Seas
The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the authorship of which still raises doubts today, have reminded us that some of… Read more »
Africa: Why Continent Must Be Part of Growing Interest in Nuclear Energy
The search for energy diversification has taken a more frantic pace amidst the global energy transition debate. Read more »
Africa: COP27 - Religious Multilateralism: an Endangered Species in the Age of Triple Planetary Crises
In this year's COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there will be 40 different sessions organised by, for, and about, religious… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Egypt: Repressive Regime Under Fire As It Hosts a Key Climate Summit
The COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh has triggered a negative fallout for Egypt's authoritarian regime which stands accused of human rights abuses -- and has been widely… Read more »
Africa: Progress On Tuberculosis Can Be Achieved in Africa
The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world's most deadly infection, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an… Read more »
Africa: World Population After 8,000,000,000
Contrary to the often-cited hype and nonsense of some celebrities reported in the news media, the world's population of 8,000,000,000 human beings is not going to collapse any time… Read more »
Africa: UN Needs a Sea Change in Its Handling of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA)
Calling it "so disappointing and disheartening" in social media on 17 October, Dr. Rosie James, a British medical expert, announced that "I was sexually assaulted by a World Health… Read more »
Africa: Limits to Growth - Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
Ahead of the first United Nations environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972, a group of scientists prepared The Limits to Growth report for the Club of Rome. It showed planet… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: Will COP27 Deliver or Be a Climate Forum of Empty Promises for Africa?
Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it from climate change. But will it? Read more »
Africa: COP27 - Why Global Action Is Needed to Decarbonise Industries Everywhere
Ahead of this year's COP27 in Egypt, industry and government representatives from 15 developing countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa met in a series of consultations… Read more »
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 »