November 03
Africa: COP16 Delivers On Indigenous Peoples, Digital Sequencing, but Fails On Finance
The curtains fell on the 16th Conference of the Parties of UN Biodiversity (COP16) on Sunday without any formal closing. In a voice message, David Ainsworth, the Communications… Read more »
November 01
Africa: Transforming Africa With the Power of Education
Africa Youth Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif Read more »
Africa: UN Remains Paralyzed As 'Rogue Nations' Violate Charter & Escalate War Crimes
The United Nations continues to be virtually paralyzed - and remains politically impotent amidst two raging conflicts--as Russia and Israel keep defying the world body. Read more »
Africa: Has the United Nations Outlived Its Usefulness?
The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, has sadly virtually outlived its usefulness as it commemorated its 79th anniversary due to its failure to reform… Read more »
October 31
Africa: Defending Biodiversity in Armed Conflict - Can COP16 Meet the Expectations?
José Aruna, a forest defender from Sud Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remembers the night in September 2019 when a group of heavily armed men… Read more »
October 24
Africa: UNEP's 2024 Emissions Gap Report Warns - 'No More Hot Air, Please'
"We're playing with fire, but there can be no more playing for time. We're out of time," says UN Secretary General António Guterres Read more »
October 29
Africa: Food Security Is Key to Making 'Peace With Nature'
As countries are meeting in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 16), the fate of biodiversity hangs in the balance, and with it, the sustainability of… Read more »
Africa: Scientific Research Can Play a Key Role in Unlocking Climate Finance
Climate finance will come under intense scrutiny during COP29, and its distribution aligned with scientific analysis of the impacts of climate change, but the methodology ignores… Read more »
Africa: Chickens As Well As Cheetahs - Biodiversity Conservation Must Also Include Livestock
As the UN's COP16 biodiversity conference continues, the temptation is to focus on the wild flora and fauna under threat. Read more »
October 26
Africa: At COP16, Biodiversity Credits Raising Hopes and Protests
At the end of the first week at the 16th Conference of Parties on Biodiversity (COP16), finance emerges as the biggest issue but also shrouded in controversies. Read more »
October 25
Africa: IMF Isn't Doing Enough to Support Africa - Billions Could Be Made Available Through Special Drawing Rights
At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset. Read more »
October 24
Africa: Without Accelerated Action, We Will Miss the Chance to Limit Warming to 1.5°c, Says UNEP Chief Climate Advisor
Anne Olhoff, Chief Climate Advisor at UNEP, underlined the urgent need for accelerated climate action ahead of COP29 in an exclusive interview with IPS. "The next six years are… Read more »
October 17
Africa: Race to Close Global Climate Finance Gaps Amid Escalating Climate Risks
The impact of climate change continues to devastate economies worldwide, creating a pressing need for all countries to significantly increase international climate finance. To… Read more »
October 23
Africa: The IMF Just Made the Case for Its Own Irrelevance
On Friday the 11th, the IMF announced policy changes that will save developing countries $1.2 billion per year. Despite the self-congratulations and fanfare, these reforms are only… Read more »
October 22
Africa: Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth,… Read more »
Africa: Russia-Africa - Developing Media Partnership
At a recent media briefing, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for Russia's Foreign Ministry, criticized the United States for its support of educational programs, media and NGOs in… Read more »
Africa: Capacity Building Is Key to Africa's Digital Sequencing Success Story
Christian Tiambo has always wished to uplift local farmers' communities through cutting-edge science. Read more »
October 15
Africa: World Told Act Now or Face 136 Years of Hunger, Report Warns
World Food Day 2024 Read more »
October 22
Africa: COP16 - Is This Our Last Chance to Save Nature?
As COP16 approaches, we have been reflecting on the state of our planet in 2024; the word "crisis" feels insufficient to describe the devastation we're witnessing. Read more »
October 21
Africa: The Future of Food Security Lies Beyond COP29's Negotiation Tables
Climate change has thrown our food systems into chaos. Extreme weather events and dramatic climate variations are hammering food production and supply chains across the world. As… Read more »
October 16
Africa: A Staggering 2.0 Billion Women Live in Poverty With No Access to Social Protection
The growing gender gap between men and women is reflected not only in the world's highest political hierarchies but also in the daily social and economic lives--with most women… Read more »
October 15
Africa: Abortion Is a Fundamental Human Rights Issue
The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or… Read more »
October 14
Africa: When Will World Food Day Be a Day to Actually Celebrate?
World Food Day seems like it should be a time to celebrate. A day to eat delicious meals and enjoy the rich traditions and cultures of food around the globe. Read more »
October 15
Africa: Stigmatization Is the Entry Door for Repression and Violence
Information manipulation and misinformation are not new phenomena, but they have taken on exaggerated importance, especially with the massive use of social media. Read more »
October 10
Africa: The Future of Civic Freedoms - Lessons From My Time At Civicus
When I joined CIVICUS in 2019, I came in with two decades of work on influencing and monitoring public policies through grassroots and global activism. Joining CIVICUS as… Read more »
Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
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