February 21
Africa: It Is Imperative to Protect Children in War
All around the globe, the most vulnerable among us are suffering the gravest consequences of war. Children bear the brunt of the horrors inflicted by States and armed groups… Read more »
October 02, 2023
Africa: The Human Cost of a Green Energy Transition Without Safeguards
The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called "green" energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for strategic minerals such as… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Borderlands and Bloodbaths - the Case of Congo and Ukraine
During November, soldiers of the March 23 Movement (M23) have been approaching Goma in the eastern territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), close to the Rwandan… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Education Cannot Wait Director Calls On Donors to Expand Support for Successful Programme Bringing Girls and Boys Back to Learning in Post-Conflict Areas
The Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif, launched a strong call for public and private donors to step up funding, asking them to "show the same courage" she saw… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Africa: The Politics of the Hangman's Noose - Judge, Jury & Executioner
A spike in state-sanctioned executions worldwide - including in Iran, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and more recently Myanmar - has triggered strong condemnations from the United… Read more »
July 26, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Both UK & Congo Think They're Climate Leaders - COP26's Fallout Shows How Far Adrift They Are
The writer is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin Forest, Greenpeace Africa Read more »
June 16, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Oil Ministry Accused of Greenwashing
Nine of the 16 oil blocks to be auctioned in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) next month overlap Protected Areas, according to a review of official government maps by… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Deforestation in the Congo Basin Will Lead to Poverty
Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist.… Read more »
August 23, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Getting a Grip On Food Security in DR Congo
The Association for Integrated Rural Development is one of a number of rural organisations on the periphery of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are… Read more »
August 20, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Mechanisation Fails for Farmers
Mechanisation was expected to transform agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central province of East Kasaï. But a project to offer tractors for ploughing land… Read more »
August 08, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Start for Coffee Producers
Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the country's output in 2010 was less than a tenth the… Read more »
August 13, 2010
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Farmers Welcome Support
Farmers in the southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo are looking forward to increased production after 16 tractors and 200 ox-drawn carts were distributed across three regions… Read more »
October 22, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: World Bank Confronts Challenge Over Logging
The World Bank is scrambling to respond to complaints that it broke its own rules to support commercial logging at the expense of Pygmy lands and livelihoods in the war-wrecked… Read more »