September 15, 2023
Liberia: Carbon Colonialism Has No Place in Liberia's Forests
The fate of Liberia and its forests are entwined. Yet a new climate change deal, set to be announced at the UN climate change talks in Dubai this November, would drive a wedge… Read more »
Africa: African Agro-Processors Call for Policies Conducive to Local Manufacturing
Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and… Read more »
Africa: Halfway to 2030 - Our 5 Asks At the SDG Summit
By Bibbi Abruzzini and Marie L'Hostis Read more »
Africa: Youth Rally for Peace Through Climate Justice At the UN
"What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!" youth chanted in an unusually lively conference at the United Nations Headquarters. Read more »
September 14, 2023
Africa: A Global Survey of Democracy Finds Both Sobering and Alarming Results
More than half the world’s population is younger than 25. But the enormous quantity of young people does often not translate into qualitative influence about democratic… Read more »
Africa: UN Report Offers Solutions for Decarbonization of Buildings, Construction Sector
The building sector may be overdue for a significant overhaul of the processes in which infrastructure is built to be more environmentally conscious and reduce carbon emissions, a… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Africa: The Africa Climate Summit - Anti-Colonial Rhetoric Meets Green Colonialism
In the wake of the recent Africa Climate Summit, which convened in Nairobi from September 4-6, 2023, the world's attention was drawn to the pressing challenges facing the African… Read more »
Gabon: The End of a Dictatorship... and the Beginning of Another?
On 26 August, Gabon went through the motions of an election. Official results were announced four days later, in the middle of the night, with the country under curfew.… Read more »
Africa: Enhancing Mining Revenue
The commodity boom early this century was mainly driven by mineral prices. Yet, mining's contribution to developing countries' revenue has been modest, largely due to massive tax… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Africa: African Women's Reproductive Rights Under Threat - Global Pushback Puts Lives At Risk
Almost 30 years ago in 1994, the world witnessed a historic event as 179 nations convened on African soil, in Cairo, for the International Conference on Population and Development… Read more »
September 08, 2023
Africa: New Report Shows Successful Education Funding Model for Children Affected By Crises
In a world set on fire by climate change and brutal conflict, millions of children in emergencies and protracted crises need educational support. Children in 48 out of 49 African… Read more »
September 07, 2023
Africa: The UN's Own Relevance Is At Stake At This Year's General Assembly
This September, world leaders and public policy advocates from around the world will descend on New York for the UN General Assembly. Alongside conversations on peace and security,… Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: African Startups Mull Home-Grown Solutions to Combat Climate Change
A group of young African startups made their presence known at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, hoping to play a big role in promoting home-grown climate-oriented… Read more »
East Africa: Hunger in East Africa Is a True Testament to Climate Injustice
By Fati N'Zi-Hassane and Amitabh Behar Read more »
Africa: Finally, a Real Chance for International Tax Cooperation
After decades of resistance by rich nations, African governments successfully pushed for the United Nations to lead on international tax cooperation. All developing countries and… Read more »
September 05, 2023
Lesotho: NDB Spotlight - the Lesotho Highlands Water Project - Who Benefits?
By Marianne Buenaventura Goldman and Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula Read more »
Africa: Toothless Global Financial Architecture Fuelling Africa's Climate Crisis
Africa needs approximately USD 579.2 billion in adaptation finance over the period 2020 to 2030, and yet the current adaptation flows are five to 10 times below estimated needs. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Potential - Leading Food System Transformation and Climate Resilience
By Angela Churie Kallhauge, Ishmael Sunga and Serah Makka Read more »
September 04, 2023
Zimbabwe: Invasive Species, a Fast-Riding Horsemen Galloping the Biodiversity Apocalypse
Mango farmer Eufria Nyadome used to earn USD 60 from selling a 20-litre bucket of fresh mangoes and now can barely make USD 20 even though her mango trees are giving a good yield.… Read more »
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Unite to Urge Public Development Banks to Change the Way Development Is Done
In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and… Read more »
Africa: 'I Am Because You Are' - Climate Justice Through the Spirit of Ubuntu
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim argues that Innovative global development finance ecosystems are needed to unlock equitable international financing flows while preserving the fiscal… Read more »
September 01, 2023
West Africa: What Niger's Coup Says About U.S. Security Assistance in the Sahel
In what has become an all too familiar phenomenon, U.S.-trained security personnel have been implicated in the July 26th coup that deposed Niger's democratically elected president,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Climate Summit - a Critical Opportunity for Collective Action On Climate Change
As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met communities displaced by floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. I have spoken to… Read more »
August 31, 2023
West Africa: 'Investing' Key to the Prevention of Military Coups - UN
The United Nations says increased investment in the Sahel region will assist in preventing military coups. This after military officers in Gabon announced a seizure of power from… Read more »
August 29, 2023
Africa: Digging Africa Deeper Into Hunger - Annual Green Revolution Forum Ignores Widespread Failure of Its Push for Industrialized Agriculture
As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green… Read more »