Africa: Climate Action Must Focus on Decent Work and a Just Transition #AfricaClimateHope

Providing decent jobs, and protecting the rights and futures of workers are levers for climate ambition, says a global trade union confederation Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs to 'Demilitarize to Decarbonize' - Move War Funds to Climate Coffers

"Africom must leave Africa!" That is a clear message expressed by speakers during the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)'s webinar titled A Climate of… Read more »

Africa: Senegal's Dismay Over Sadio Mané Possibly Missing World Cup

There are fears Senegalese soccer star Sadio Mané might miss the soccer World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The tournament begins in less than two weeks. Read more »

Africa: Young Activists Fight For Climate Justice and Survival #AfricaClimateCrisis

Young people are becoming more vocal and fighting harder for their survival as the impacts of climate change intensify. Tired of broken promises and inaction by their leaders, they… Read more »

Africa: Global Energy Alliance Agenda For Clean Energy Takes Shape in Africa #AfricaClimateHope

"Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all." This is Sustainable Development Goal 7, which Africa is unlikely to meet because it does not yet… Read more »

Africa: Helping Small Businesses Adapt to the Climate Crisis is Crucial for African Countries #AfricaClimateHope

Small and medium-sized enterprises are essential engines for growth and play a key role in creating jobs and supporting sustainable livelihoods. Yet, the financing gap for SMEs,… Read more »

Africa: The 27 Demands African Women Want Addressed at COP27 #AfricaClimateHope

Women activists say their voices have been absent or have gone unheard at previous climate summits. So they are taking action and looking to assume the lead on climate action and… Read more »

Africa: Climate Briefs - #COP27 Begins with Loss and Damage Front and Centre #AfricaClimateCrisis

Brazil, Indonesia and DR Congo in talks to form 'Opec of rainforests' Read more »

Africa: Perceived Versus Real Risk In African Credit Ratings

The ratings of African governments have enabled a robust Eurobond market for African sovereign bonds with over $300 billion issued in the last couple of decades. Maintaining access… Read more »

Africa: What Should Africa Expect at COP27? #AfricaClimateCrisis

As the world convenes in Africa for the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27), it is time to recognize Africa's role in averting a climate disaster… Read more »

Africa: 'Round 1... Fight!' - A Look at the Tekken Tournament 'Lifestyle' of South Africa, Madagascar

Video games are the largest entertainment medium in the world, according to data from Felix Richter on Statista. These days, gaming communities are as varied as the genres they… Read more »

Africa: Why Africa's Youth Must Be Involved in Developing Our Cities

From Dakar to Dar es Salaam, Africa's cities are vibrant hubs offering new and promising opportunities. Given these cities are increasingly young – with under-25s projected… Read more »

Africa: Joint Statement between the Government of Ethiopia and the TPLF - Text

An agreement to end the fighting in northern parts of Ethiopia was announced at a press conference in Pretoria by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has been… Read more »

Africa: Make the 'Beautiful Game' a Track to Greater Trade and Inclusion

The approach of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, beginning 20 November, again illustrates that football is the world's game - an example of how people from different cultures, backgrounds,… Read more »

Africa: Killing Two Birds With One Stone - New Research Shows How Cancer Drug Could Fight Malaria

Malaria is the world's most important and deadly tropical mosquito-borne parasitic disease, according to the United Nations, killing a child under five every 75 seconds, and… Read more »

Africa: Why Govts Should Hike Taxes on Alcohol, Tobacco and Sugar

Twenty-eight lives are lost every minute to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, liver disease or chronic respiratory ailments. Twenty-five out of those deaths happen in low- and… Read more »

Africa: Continent Now Has More Poor People Than South Asia

The number of people living in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa has overtaken that in South Asia, says a new study. Nearly 579 million Africans live in what the study calls "acute… Read more »

Africa: Global Crises Plunge Millions Into Acute Food Insecurity

The coronavirus pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine have helped to drive at least 112 million people - more than one in every 10 Africans - into acute food insecurity, the… Read more »

Africa: Africa is 'Living on the Edge' – The IMF Assesses Economies Under Stress

That the latest International Monetary Fund regional survey on Sub-Saharan Africa released today offers a stark assessment of the current economic outlook is clear from the title:… Read more »

Africa: African Finance Ministers Hosted by Secretary Yellen and Deputy Adeyemo for a 'Historic-First' Dinner

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Deputy Secretary  Wally Adeyemo hosted 10 African Ministers of Finance, along with Donald Kaberuka, an African Union special envoy and… Read more »

Africa: Seize this Moment for Africa to Model Net-Zero Development – AFC's Samaila Zubairu

The African Finance Corporation (AFC), has a mission even more critical today than when it was created in 2007 - mobilizing private sector-led infrastructure investment needed to… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Leads the Charge in Nations Transitioning to Renewable Energy Plans

South Africa's journey towards decarbonisation via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has been described as one of the major achievements of the 2021 United Nations… Read more »

Africa: Answering the Challenges Posed by Antimicrobial Resistance

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: Here's How Development Banks Could Stop Putting Communities at Risk #AfricaClimateCrisis

On paper, most development banks are dedicated to upholding communities' rights to consultation and involvement in making decisions on projects that have an impact on their daily… Read more »

Africa: 'Africans Face Shared Opposition in Transnational Activism to Advance LGBTQI+ Rights'

In April 2022, the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria together with the Center for Gender… Read more »