July 12, 2023
Africa: Can Carbon Trading Stop Global Heating?
By Sarah Razak and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Read more »
July 10, 2023
Africa: Re-Thinking Disability Inclusion for the SDGs
By Ulrika Modéer and Jose Viera Read more »
East Africa: Grey Market Charcoal East Africa - Why Prohibitionist Interventions Are Failing
At Kampala's Nakawa market, Lovisa Nabisubi scoops charcoal from a bag and packs it into tins ready for customers. Her bare hands, feet, and clothes are stained black from hours of… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Africa: The Grand Narrative of Private Finance - Over-Reliance On Attracting Investment Is Undermining Change At World Bank
By Bhumika Muchhala and María José Romero Read more »
Africa: Vaccination is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs - Experts
Childhood vaccination, complemented with clean drinking water and improved hygiene practices, are the key to eradication of typhoid XDR, not indiscriminate use of antibiotics, say… Read more »
July 05, 2023
Africa: Recognising Human Rights Defenders As Remarkable Agents of Positive Change
In recent years, the global landscape for human rights defenders (HRDs) has become more difficult and complex, with both new and heightened challenges. With hundreds of defenders… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Africa: Transformative Change of Our Relationship With Nature - Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and Development
There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. Read more »
July 03, 2023
Africa: Tuberculosis - A Disease of the Poor That Needs Rich Funding
The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a political commitment for increased funding for programmes and research to end an… Read more »
Africa: How the Security Council Can Better Pursue Accountability for International Crimes Against Children
Around 2018, when Anwar was 14 or 15 years old, his father, a member of IS, forced Anwar to train with the group as a young teenager. He even made Anwar watch as he inflicted… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back On the Menu
Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation - especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Africa: When the President of the General Assembly Was Given a Seat At a Summit - A Back Row Seat
When the United Nations commemorated 'International Day of Women in Diplomacy' last week, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) Csaba Kõrösi rightly pointed out… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Global Community Celebrates Medical Innovations and Milestones Since Defining Leprosy Discovery 150 Years Ago
The 1873 discovery of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen, remains one of the greatest paradigm shifts in medical… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Africa: If Govts Have the Tools to Stop Fishing-Related Deaths, Why Aren't They Being Used?
Long before Hollywood highlighted the dangers of commercial fishing in The Perfect Storm, Deadliest Catch and other programming, governments around the world knew that this was one… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Africa: If Current Trends Continue, Low-Income Countries May Not Achieve a Single Development Goal By 2030
When the 193-member General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development back in September 2015., it was aimed at transforming the world into an idealistic state of… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Beyond the UN Security Council - Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate-Security Challenge?
The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Africa: Safety of Human Rights Defenders in Exile Imperiled By Host Countries' Declining Civil Rights
Home Away From Home is the theme of World Refugee Day 2023. However, for many, including human rights activists who have fled their homes, a decline in civil rights in their host… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Negotiations Must Accelerate Climate Action and Save Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateHope
Vulnerable countries, banking on robust climate negotiations, want an inclusive funding package to help them with the devastating impacts of climate change. Read more »
June 16, 2023
Africa: UN Cybercrime Convention - Could the Cure Be Worse Than the Disease?
If you've never heard of the Cybercrime Convention, you're not alone. And if you're wondering whether an international treaty to tackle cybercrime is a good idea, you're in good… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Migration - Europe's Complicity in Massive Human Rights Violations
Make no mistake: European States are complicit in the death of thousands and thousands of human beings on their shores, land borders and at home. The massive drowning of hundreds… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Africa: A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries #AfricaClimateHope
After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: Transforming Food Systems Through Conscious, Mindful Practices
Deep in the Egyptian desert, the SEKEM community celebrates its first wheat crop - grown to alleviate shortages and price increases caused by the war in Ukraine, and the latest… Read more »
June 14, 2023
Africa: No Peace Until Peace for All
As we head into June, we will commemorate a number of important international days that call for much-needed support to protect refugees, end child labour, stop sexual violence in… Read more »
Africa: The Fight for Equity in Education Continues in Africa
June 16 marks the International Day of the African Child, a day commemorating student uprisings in Soweto Township, South Africa, in 1976. The day is meant to honor the brave… Read more »