September 29, 2022
Africa: Poverty Impacts On Efforts to End Child Marriage, Say Parliamentarians
Child marriage continues to be a scourge in many African countries - despite legislation and efforts of many, including parliamentarians, to keep girls in school and create… Read more »
Africa: Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in Cities
Equity and justice feature prominently in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th (IPCC) Assessment Report Working Group II, published in 2022. The report focuses on the… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Africa: Is There Hope for Anti-Corruption Efforts Within the G20?
As global crises mount, the G20 is proving unable to find solutions. Political disagreements within the bloc- including most prominently with Russia over the ongoing war in… Read more »
Africa: We Must Ensure That Climate Funding Reaches the Guardians of the Forests
US $270 million may sound like a lot of money, especially for just one year. But it is only a small fraction--less than one percent--of all global funding for climate change… Read more »
Africa: Inflation Phobia Hastens Recessions, Debt Crises
Inflation phobia among central banks (CBs) is dragging economies into recession and debt crises. Their dogmatic beliefs prevent them from doing right. Instead, they take their cues… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Refugees Most Vulnerable in Ongoing Food Insecurity Crisis - UN
Representatives from UN agencies and several countries called for more substantive action to support refugees and internally displaced people amid the ongoing global food crisis. Read more »
September 26, 2022
Africa: 'Global Peace Education Day' Can Play a Pivotal Role in Transforming Education
Just a week ago, the international community commemorated the adoption of the United Nations Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, a monumental document that… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Africa: Answering the Challenges Posed By Antimicrobial Resistance on the Continent
Staphylococcus aureus is the source of a skin infection that can turn deadly if drug resistant. Estimates regarding the most common resistant variation, methicillin-resistant… Read more »
Africa: Towards a More Secure Future Through Effective Multilateralism
As world leaders gather in New York for the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly this week, the security horizon is undoubtedly dark. Read more »
September 20, 2022
Africa: UN Bans NGOs During High-Level Meetings of World Leaders - Triggering Strong Protests
When world leaders, numbering over 150, make their annual political pilgrimage to address the General Assembly in the third week of September, the security at the world body is… Read more »
Africa: Why Are Politicians Able to Read - and Understand - Some Texts and Not Others?
Day after day, the world's scientific community, based on solid investigations, elaborates dozens of studies identifying the causes of the existing emergencies facing humanity.… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Crisis Nonacceptance
Many people around the world, especially those among the political far-right, do not accept the climate change crisis. Over the years their thinking, behavior, and policies… Read more »
Africa: Reflections On High-Level Meetings of the UN General Assembly
The high-level segment of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is famous for its fiery speeches and the colorful personalities assembled in the GA Hall. But much more goes on beyond the… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Africa: Africa Struggles With Neo-Colonialism
After a quarter century of economic stagnation, African economic recovery early in the 21st century was under great pressure even before the pandemic, due to new trade… Read more »
Africa: What Does the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Hold for Women?
Agnes Opus sells cereals in Busia, the border town between Kenya and Uganda. This is her lifeline through which she caters for her immediate family's needs from school fees to… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Africa: Full Gender Equality Almost 300 Years Away At Current Rate of Progress
While women in rich societies are paid around 25% less than men for equal jobs, those living in impoverished countries receive by far much lower salaries, if any at all. Read more »
Africa: Let's Fight for What Counts to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Next week, taking place alongside the UN General Assembly, President Biden hosts a financing summit in New York of such importance that it will determine if millions of people… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Africa: World Leaders, Mostly Autocrats, Plan to Skip Upcoming UN Sessions
When the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly sessions begin September 20, the official list of speakers include 92 heads of state (HS) and 56 heads of government (HG). Read more »
September 14, 2022
Africa: For 90% of World's Nations, These Are Unsettling Times
Cross-continent vacations seem to be the norm once again with the lessening of COVID-19 while new cities are being built with skyscraping $4M condos shooting up in a matter of… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: Optimism Prevails Despite Uncertainty Over Revolution to Build Food Systems
The 2022 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit ended in Kigali, Rwanda, with policymakers, activists, researchers, business leaders, and agricultural experts divided over the… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Africa: Climate Collapse Is Not Inevitable but 'Great Leap' Needed
In 1972 the Club of Rome alerted the world to the harm human economic systems were doing to the health of our planet in its seminal, best-selling report, The Limits to Growth. With… Read more »
Africa: Developing Countries Must Grow More Food - Climate Change, Ukraine War a Wake-Up Call
As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New… Read more »
Africa: Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Africa: Hundreds of Millions of Children Sentenced to Ignorance
More than two-thirds of 10-year-olds are unable to read and understand a simple text. This shocking finding should be enough to be alarmed about the horrifying fate of an entire… Read more »
September 06, 2022
Africa: Eight International Development Priorities for the New UK Prime Minister
The UK's new Prime Minister (and former Foreign Secretary), Liz Truss, enters Downing Street with a full and urgent in-tray, dominated by the highest inflation rate for 40 years… Read more »