August 22, 2023
Africa: UN's Annual Culture of Peace Forum Remains Derailed - & Civil Society Bypassed
14 June has become a black day for the UN High Forum on The Culture of Peace (HLF-CoP) convened by the successive Presidents of the UN General Assembly since 2012. Read more »
Africa: Vaccine Equality Is As Vital for Livestock As for People
Enrique Hernández Pando is Executive Director, Commercial Development & Impact, GALVmed Read more »
August 17, 2023
Africa: No Peace, More Poverty for Sub-Saharan Africa
In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East Asia and the Pacific were living in extreme poverty (defined as living on less… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Africa: World Leaders Need to Prioritize the More Than 1 Billion People Living in Informal Settlements
When representatives from dozens of countries gathered recently at the UN High Level Political Forum in New York to share progress on their efforts to achieve the UN's 17… Read more »
Africa: Reintegration Assistance for Migrants Going Home
Reintegration assistance for migrants returning to their countries of origin is becoming increasingly salient. Germany and the EU cooperate closely with countries of origin to… Read more »
Africa: World Bank Climate Finance Plan Little Help, Unfair
The World Bank plans to use public funds to subsidize private finance, ostensibly to mobilize much more capital to address the climate crisis. But the new plan is likely to be a… Read more »
Africa: Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change #AfricaClimateHope
Kenya's fight for food security may have just gone 'Old School' as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way… Read more »
August 15, 2023
Africa: A Common African Approach to Environmental Challenges, Now & for the Future
There has never been a time in human history when collaboration between nations was more sorely needed than now, and there is no place that would benefit more from it than in… Read more »
August 14, 2023
Africa: Political Will and Investment Will Score the Goal for Zero Hunger
A world free from hunger is possible, but it demands political will, investment, and effective policies to transform agriculture and rural development, says Alvaro Lario, President… Read more »
August 10, 2023
Africa: Requiem for the UN Security Council - Towards a UN Charter Review Conference
The world's institutions are ill-prepared and poorly designed to effectively address global challenges such as major power conflicts, pandemics, the climate catastrophe, refugee… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: Taking Stock of Two Decades of Trailblazing Protocol On Women's Rights in Africa
It promised to be the most defining, groundbreaking, and transformative protocol on African women's rights. Specific in its approach, broad in its reach, and unique in its… Read more »
Africa: Mining Revenues Undermined
The primary commodity price boom early this century has often been attributed to a commodity 'super-cycle', i.e., a price upsurge greater than what might be expected in 'normal'… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Africa: A Flawed GDP Bypasses Women's Unpaid Care Work
Last week the IMF offered a cautious estimate of positive global economic growth for this year, warning 'we are on track, but not out of the woods'. But with the IMF and… Read more »
Africa: G20 - Cutting Food Loss and Waste Is an Opportunity to Improve Food Security
The writer is President & CEO, The Global Food Banking Network Read more »
August 07, 2023
Africa: From Crisis to Resilience - We Need a New Recipe to Combat Hunger
The fragile state of global food systems has reached a crossroads. Recent headlines underscore the profound challenges we now confront. Read more »
August 03, 2023
Africa: Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate #AfricaClimateHope
By Philippe Benoit and Anne-Sophie Corbeau Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: Stubborn and Persistent - the Gender Pay Gap Refuses to Budge
By Jemimah Njuki and Jocelyn Chu Read more »
August 02, 2023
Africa: Clock Is Ticking for Food Security in Africa, Says New IITA Head
"My key message is really simple," says Dr Simeon Ehui, the newly-appointed director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, which works with partners… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Is Making Us Sick, Says WHO Envoy #AfricaClimateCrisis
Climate change is making us sick. It has become urgent to build resilient health systems to secure humanity's well-being, says the special envoy for climate change and health of… Read more »
Africa: Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor Read more »
July 31, 2023
Southern Africa: Civil Society Space in Southern Africa Shrinking As Government Repression Rises
Freedom of expression is under threat as governments in Southern Africa have enacted laws restricting civil society organizations, says global rights advocacy organisation,… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Africa: Afghan Girls, Women Deprived of Education, Find Hope in Africa
When providing education to her small group of Afghan girls, who had been studying at a boarding school back home, became tenuous, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, relocated them to Rwanda. Read more »
July 31, 2023
Africa: Should Military Leaders Be Barred From Addressing the UN?
A rash of military coups in African countries -- including Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Mali, and most recently Niger- has raised a legitimate question: What should be the response… Read more »
August 01, 2023
Africa: Scramble for Africa - It's Not 1884 All Over Again, Is It?
Not all wars are fought on the battleground. The Cold War has taught us that certain wars could go on for decades, without overt violence. Perhaps, we are in the middle of another… Read more »
July 28, 2023
Africa: The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
"Humanity is in the hot seat today," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists as the world confronted official data confirming that July 2023 is… Read more »