January 22
Africa: Scared of Sharps? This Map Shows the Way to Delivering Painless Vaccines
If the fear of sharps makes a visit to the doctor dreadful, you need not dread it anymore. Read more »
January 15
Africa: The World's Richest Men Leave Women Far Behind--Amid Rising Economic Inequalities
The world's rich are getting progressively richer while the world's poor continue to be increasingly poorer. Read more »
December 10, 2023
Africa: Freedom, Equality and Justice Lead to Peace
Human Rights Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif Read more »
December 11, 2023
Africa: Sikh Faith Inspires Environmental Stewardship
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai, an accomplished ENT doctor who hails from London, is not just attending COP 28; he is representing an organization that brings a unique perspective to the… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Negotiators Urged to Leverage On African Science At COP28 High Table #AfricaClimateHope
African scientists and researchers are concerned that the data shows that the continent is being cornered by the spiraling effects of climate change, that the real impact of… Read more »
December 09, 2023
Africa: COP28 - One Health Steps Delight Many, Others Show Cautious Optimism
One Health activist, Kelly Dent, has been attending UNFCCC COPs since 2009, when it was held in Copenhagen. From there, it has been a 15-year-long journey to Dubai, but Dent is… Read more »
November 27, 2023
Africa: U.S.-China Climate Agreement - a Leap Forward in Global Climate Cooperation
The recent U.S.-China summit on November 15 in San Francisco, against a backdrop of low expectations, surprisingly made significant strides with the unveiling of the "Sunnylands… Read more »
November 28, 2023
Zimbabwe: Young Musician's Death Exposes Zimbabwe's Collapsing Health System
A rising Afropop musician, Garikai Mapanzure, popularly known by his stage name Garry, has become the latest high-profile victim of Zimbabwe's deteriorating health facilities. Read more »
November 13, 2023
Rwanda: New Robotic-Assisted Surgery Offers Inspiring Hope for Rwanda
In a newly established Centre of Excellence located in Masaka, a suburb of the Rwandan capital city, Kigali, an expanded lab, complete with innovative facilities and specialized… Read more »
November 01, 2023
Zambia: Communities Taking a Sting Out of Poaching With Alternative Livelihoods
As we approach the forest in the village to appreciate Andrew Mbewe's beekeeping enterprise, a bee from a hive close to the edge of the natural woodland stings him on the cheek. Read more »
October 30, 2023
Africa: African, Asian Parliamentarians Debate How People-Centered Policies Aid Development of Women, Youth
Asian and African parliamentarians have committed to accelerate the implementation of a people-centered development agenda as the African continent continues to face rapid… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Africa: Climate Crisis Turns African Rivers Into Epicentres of Conflict #AfricaClimateCrisis
Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in… Read more »
October 13, 2023
Africa: Seize Opportunity to End Last Major Mercury Device
As the Minamata Convention on Mercury's fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) approaches, momentum builds to adopt the Africa Region's proposed amendment to phase out dental… Read more »
October 09, 2023
Africa: Faced With Crushing Debts, World's Poorest Nations to Slash Public Spending By Over 229 Billion Dollars
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are returning to Africa, for the first time in decades, with the "same old failed message". Read more »
Africa: Effective International Aid Depends On the Application of Girl-Centered Design
In a year that is rapidly becoming the costliest on record for climate-related disasters, the International Day of the Girl Child appeals to the global community for greater… Read more »
September 27, 2023
Africa: Don't Count On Public-Private Partnership Solutions
In recent years, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have spread rapidly. While usually profitable for the private partners, PPPs have generally not served the longer-term public… Read more »
September 25, 2023
Africa: Poverty & Hunger Eradication Targeted to Miss UN's 2030 Deadline By Wide Margins
When the UN's 193 member states reviewed the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, the… Read more »
September 26, 2023
Africa: Alarm Bells Are Ringing At Halfway Point of the 2030 Agenda
The world is now half way to 2030 but the ambitious goals agreed in 2015 including the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are under threat, action is… Read more »
September 25, 2023
Africa: Beyond Words - the Urgent Call for the U.S. to Address Global Inequality Through Climate Action
With its global representation, one would expect the UN General Assembly to touch on many diverse issues. And it does. But talks have repeatedly come back to one unifying call: if… Read more »
September 21, 2023
Uganda: The Bitter-Sweet Sides of Uganda's Oil and Gas Development
French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are moving with pace in the development of oil and gas projects with a potential… Read more »
September 15, 2023
Africa: Halfway to 2030 - Our 5 Asks At the SDG Summit
By Bibbi Abruzzini and Marie L'Hostis Read more »
Africa: African Agro-Processors Call for Policies Conducive to Local Manufacturing
Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have called on African governments to make and review existing policies to protect the processing and… Read more »
September 13, 2023
Africa: The Africa Climate Summit - Anti-Colonial Rhetoric Meets Green Colonialism
In the wake of the recent Africa Climate Summit, which convened in Nairobi from September 4-6, 2023, the world's attention was drawn to the pressing challenges facing the African… Read more »
September 04, 2023
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Unite to Urge Public Development Banks to Change the Way Development Is Done
In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and… Read more »
August 29, 2023
Africa: Digging Africa Deeper Into Hunger - Annual Green Revolution Forum Ignores Widespread Failure of Its Push for Industrialized Agriculture
As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green… Read more »