Africa: Support Science in Halting Global Biodiversity Crisis - King Charles

British Monarch King Charles says science is the solution to protecting nature and halting global biodiversity loss, which is threatening humanity's survival. Read more »

Africa: Explainer - Why Nature Is Everyone's Business

Our food, fuel, and fortunes come from nature, but as these resources are turned into profits, the balance between exploiting and replenishing the planet is ever more precarious. Read more »

Africa: Protecting Africa's Ocean Future and Why a Precautionary Pause On Deep-Sea Mining Matters

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Feb 3 2026 (IPS) - The world is entering a decisive period for the future of the ocean. With the High Seas Treaty coming into force and meaningful progress… Read more »

Africa: To Develop a Continent, Africa Must Nourish Its Children

Hunger shadowed Mercy Lung'aho's childhood, fueling her campaign to promote nutrition as a foundation for Africa's development. Read more »

Africa: Beyond Shifting Power - Rethinking Localisation Across the Humanitarian Sector

For the last decade, many in the foreign aid sector have emphasised the need for localisation, and in the last 5 years, the calls have been louder than ever. I am one of such… Read more »

Africa: UN Peacekeepers and Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks in 2025

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Africa: What Next? United States Exits Key Entities, Vital Climate Treaties in Major Retreat From Global Cooperation

President Donald Trump has escalated efforts to further distance the United States from international organizations and entities focused on climate, the environment, and energy.… Read more »

Africa: Excluding Food Systems From Climate Deal Is a Recipe for Disaster

Food solutions were on display everywhere around COP30--from the 80 tonnes of local and agroecological meals served to concrete proposals for tackling hunger--but none of this made… Read more »

Africa: Africa Squeezed Between Import Substitution and Dependency Syndrome

Squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome, a condition characterized by a set of associated economic symptoms--that is rules and regulations--majority of African… Read more »

Africa: Online Abuse Is Real Violence - - and Africa's Women and Girls Are Paying the Price

- New estimates show that violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world - and that one of its fastest-growing frontiers is… Read more »

Africa: International Funding for 30x30 Biodiversity Target Falls Billions Short of Global Goals

A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Industrial Future Is Within Reach - What We Need Now Is Intentional Investment

Africa enters 2025 at a pivotal moment in its development. The ambition to transform the continent's economies through sustainable industrialization, regional integration, and… Read more »

Africa: Rising Arms Revenues and Rising Death Tolls Underscore Ongoing Military Conflicts & Civil Wars

The revenues from arms sales and military services by the 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9 per cent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to new data… Read more »

Africa: Vulnerable Populations Will Suffer With UNAIDS Early Closure

"It's like adding fuel to an already burning fire," says Aditia Taslim. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Critical Minerals Poised to Power Global Green Energy Transition

Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world's critical green minerals--including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind… Read more »

Africa: 'Inclusive Digital Transformation Will Pave Path for Prosperity, Bridge Divides'

Weeks after an international conference on inclusive and people-centric digital transformation organized by the Global Development Network (GDN) here, a new narrative is unfolding… Read more »

Africa: From COP28 to Belém - Climate Security Is Health Security

Less than one percent of adaptation finance targets health, even as climate-sensitive diseases multiply. Africa alone will need roughly $300 billion annually by 2030 to build… Read more »

Africa: Civil Society Warns of New Land Grabs As World Bank Pushes for Tenure Reforms in Africa

The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa's lands are already intensively used and deeply valued by millions of rural… Read more »

Africa: Why Climate Finance Is Vital for the Implementation of NDCs in Africa

We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country's bill. It's time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and… Read more »

Africa: Faith Leaders Endorse Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty At COP30

Some of you might be shocked that even though fossil fuels are 86 percent of the cause of climate change, it took 28 years before the words 'fossil fuels' could even be mentioned… Read more »

Africa: Pan-African Activist Advocates for Climate-Resilient Food, Education Systems At Belém Talks

We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts… Read more »

Africa: Africa Wants Health to Be At the Center of Adaptation Finance

This is a COP of implementation. I do not want to see more texts that pile up on promises. But what we need is to detail what has already been promised. I want much more emphasis… Read more »

Africa: 'Just Transition Must Make Climate Work for People Living Its Consequences'

We have seen stalled climate action, widening inequality, and people left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work Programme was a crucial step toward… Read more »

Africa: As COP30 Takes Place, Can Africa Draw Lessons From Brazil On How It Develops Its Livestock Sector?

As the world gathers in Brazil for the UN climate talks, the country's livestock sector - one of the largest in the world - is understandably in the spotlight. Read more »

Africa: Belém's Hunger, Poverty Declaration Places World's Most Vulnerable Populations At Centre of Global Climate Policy

If we do not have our land and healthy territory, we do not have healthy food, and without food we do not survive. Food must become a centerpiece in the global climate discourse,… Read more »