Benin: Museum of Modern Art Set to Launch in Cotonou, Showcase Beninese Artists

Construction of the new Museum of Modern Art is underway in Cotonou, Benin's largest city. The museum, along with three others being built throughout the country, are part of the… Read more »

Africa: Why Funders Must Step Up Financing for Development in 2025

As the global community races to close the staggering $4.2 trillion financing gap needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Fourth International Conference on… Read more »

Africa: Transformative Change Will Save a Planet in Peril - IPBES

Nature is at a tipping point. With human activity having pushed up to 1 million plant and animal species close to extinction, securing sustainable development and halting global… Read more »

Togo: Did Togo Reforms Entrench President Gnassingbé's Power?

In May 2024, Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé signed a new constitution, transitioning the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system. Under this new framework,… Read more »

Africa: African Public Transport Struggles to Match Urban Growth

As the population in African cities grows, governments are struggling to provide sustainable public transport solutions, conditions that have led to gridlock in major business… Read more »

Ghana: The Climate Crisis As a Diplomatic Battlefield

The climate crisis, a defining challenge of the 21st century, is not just an environmental issue; it is increasingly a critical arena for international diplomacy. From intense… Read more »

Africa: A Most Heinous - Yet Unprosecuted - Crime - Inequality

Planet Earth is drying up, relentlessly. Over three-quarters of all lands have become permanently drier in the last three decades. This is not jut a statistic but a stark… Read more »

Africa: Interlinked Solutions Key to Tackling Biodiversity, Water, Food, Health and Climate Change, Says IPBES

Biological diversity is on the decline worldwide, and current approaches to address its loss have been piecemeal and ineffective in tackling the crisis facing nature--this is… Read more »

Africa: UNCCD COP16 Spotlights Drought but Fails to Agree On a Legally Binding Protocol

The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 16) concluded early hours of Saturday with a renewed focus on building… Read more »

Africa: How an African Bioeconomy Can Strengthen Agrifood Systems in the Context of a Changing Climate

From increased pests and diseases to lower crop yields and extreme weather events, the adverse impacts of climate change on agriculture in Africa cannot be overstated. Read more »

Africa: Bridging the Gap in Africa's Surgical Care Crisis

For decades, preventable deaths, lifelong disabilities, and disfigurements presented devastating consequences for over 90% of the population in Africa, where surgical care remains… Read more »

Africa: Intra-Regional Relations the Key to Sustainable Development in the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa holds the resources and potential for lasting development and resilience. The countries in the subregion and development partners need to come together to invest… Read more »

Sudan: Escalation of Violence in Sudan Raises Concern of Nationwide Collapse

On December 9, a wave of bombardments hit a market district in Sudan, killing at least 127 people. Over eight barrel bombs were launched on the North Darfur town Kabkabiya, marking… Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Advancing Work for Climate Finance and for Climate-Adapted Agri-Food Systems

Frustrations over the pace of climate action and the size of the finance target agreed in Baku are valid from the perspective of low-income countries, especially Small-Island… Read more »

Africa: It's the Greed, Stupid!

The available data is self-explanatory: business-prompted human activities have already altered over 70% of the Earth's lands, with 24 billion tonnes of fertile soil lost due to… Read more »

Africa: Nature Can Help Africa Make the Most of COP29 Outcomes

Despite mixed reactions to the outcomes of COP29, Africa has the opportunity to take the lead in harnessing nature to tackle the effects of climate change and secure a resilient… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Water Shortages Hit Zimbabwe Towns As Country Struggles to Overcome Impact of El Niño

"Cooling" La Niña conditions may develop in the next three months but are expected to be relatively weak and short-lived, according to the latest update from the World… Read more »

Africa: FAO Renews Its Commitment to Right to Food Guidelines

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched its newest report on the Right to Food Guidelines on December 10, which focuses on that focused on the urgency of food security… Read more »

Africa: Once Scattered By Colonialism, Today United in Urgent Pursuit of Climate Justice

Conflict and climate change are closely linked, the International Court of Justice heard. The Darfur crisis in Sudan is one such conflict where prolonged droughts and reduced… Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Women Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change

When Susan Chinyengetere started to focus on farming in her home village in south-eastern Zimbabwe, she wondered if she could earn a living and raise her children. Read more »

Africa: Protect the Rights and Future of Youth, Right Now, From Addiction and Harm

As the world commemorates UN Human Rights Day, December 10, with the theme, "Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now," it's time to ask: Are we truly listening to what the youth envision… Read more »

Africa: 'For the Human Race, Ignoring the Climate Emergency Is No Longer an Option'

If lives and livelihoods are to be protected, if we want to avoid utter catastrophe, there simply is no time to lose. As has often been said, we are the first generation to feel… Read more »

Africa: This Year Saw Most of the World Repressed - but in Civil Society There Is Hope

Today is International Human Rights Day, Normally, it should be an occasion to celebrate the work of those who strive to create peaceful, just, equal and sustainable societies. But… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's G20 Presidency - a Call for Transformative Leadership in a Fractured World

South Africa's G20 Presidency begun in December, with only 12% of SDG targets on track and significant backsliding on more than 30%. As we write this today, there is an urgent need… Read more »

Ethiopia: Bold Donor Action Urgently Needed to Give Ethiopia's Crisis-Impacted Children a Lifeline

Ethiopia's education system is buckling under the weight of complex, competing challenges. The aftermath of a deadly war in the north, ongoing violence, climate-induced disasters,… Read more »