July 08, 2022
Africa: New IPBES Report Offers Options for Sustainable Use of Wild Species
Fifty thousand wild species meet the needs of billions of people worldwide, providing food, cosmetics, shelter, clothing, medicine and inspiration. But now, a million species of… Read more »
Africa: Intersecting Crises Are Impeding the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
This week marks the mid-way point to the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and with it the release of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022. Read more »
July 07, 2022
South Africa: Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment
Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due to war, famine, or political and economic instability in their… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Cameroon: Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge to Preserve Our Forests
A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land… Read more »
Africa: The Camel, the Needle - and the UN's First Woman Secretary-General
A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a woman to become the Secretary-General of the United… Read more »
July 05, 2022
East Africa: The Rape of the Indian Ocean - the Story of the Yellowfin Tuna
Over the last past several decades marine fish stocks worldwide have been under intense threat. There have been many high sounding declarations and agreements to reduce catch… Read more »
Africa: Animals Are Core to Pandemic Prevention - We Must Strengthen Their Defences
The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association Read more »
Africa: Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements
Long seen as means to seek advantage on the pretext of providing mutual benefit, free trade agreements (FTAs) may increasingly be used as economic weapons in the emerging new Cold… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: EU's Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People On the Move At Greater Risk
A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 37 people dead. Read more »
Africa: Nature-Positive Ventures Crucial for Continent's Future - Experts
Africa's unique natural capital assets were the center of conversation at the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference. Held in a hybrid format from June 27 to 30, participants… Read more »
Africa: Androids in Human Populations
It is time for countries, especially those with slow growing and ageing human populations, to welcome androids, i.e., humanoid robots with human-like appearance and behavior,… Read more »
July 03, 2022
Africa: New Assessments On the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species to be Released
IPS interviews Dr Anne Larigauderie, the Executive Secretary of IPBES Read more »
June 30, 2022
Africa: A Voice for African Wildlife - a Conversation With Kaddu Sebunya
The CEO of the Nairobi-based African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya - in London to mark AWF's 60th anniversary while fundraising and lobbying - shares his thoughts with IPS on… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Africa: International Criminal Court At 20 - Renewing the Promise of Justice for the Gravest Crimes
On 1 July 2022, the International Criminal Court (ICC) turns 20. The entry into force on 1 July 2002 of the ICC's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, officially created the Court… 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 27, 2022
South Africa: 'When It Comes to Gender Equality, Our Best Is Not Good Enough' - Says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted lives all over the world. According to this report, gender is emerging as a significant factor in the social, economic and health effects of… Read more »
East Africa: Urgent Need to Enact Proposed Law to Secure Sexual and Reproductive Health in East Africa Countries
The Ministry of Health in Kenya recently reported that about 700 teenage girls got pregnant daily over a two-month period, in this year alone. What is more is that during this… Read more »
Africa: Five Takeaways From the 2022 State of Civil Society Report
2022 is halfway through. It's clear this is a year of immense disruption, mayhem and contestation. Horrendous war crimes are taking place in Ukraine. Read more »
June 24, 2022
Africa: A Frightening View - Inside the Eye of the 'Hurricane of Hunger' #AfricaClimateCrisis
When I first met Dr. Roland Bunch, I have to be honest--he scared me. As one of the most well-respected leaders on agronomy and resilient land management, he offers extremely… Read more »
Africa: Centering Gender in the Next Biodiversity Agenda - a Long Way to Montreal
"I often hear, 'What do women have to do with biodiversity?' And I want to ask them back, 'What do men have to do (with biodiversity)?'," says Mrinalini Rai, a prominent gender… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Africa: Indigenous Communities Want Stake in New Deal to Protect Nature
In early June 2022, more than 30 people from the Maasai community in the Loliondo division in Tanzania's northern Ngorongoro District were reportedly injured, and one person died… Read more »
Africa: Why Aren't More Women Angry?
Why aren't more women angry about their subordination, discrimination, and unequal treatment in the 21st century? Of course, some of the world's women are angry, but they are… Read more »
June 22, 2022
Africa: Stronger Healthcare Systems Critical for Africa's Socioeconomic Transformation
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems globally have battled to deal with the repercussions unleashed by the disease. From the outset, Africa was… Read more »
Nigeria: Polio Eradication Will Take Funds and Awareness
For forty days, Kunle Adeyanju - a Nigerian, Rotarian, polio eradication advocate and biker - rode for more than 12,500km from London to Lagos to raise funds for polio eradication. Read more »
Africa: The Sustainable Use of Wild Species Is Important for Everyone
You probably use wild species far more often than you realise. For many people, especially in more developed economies, the use of wild species sounds like something quite removed… Read more »