July 18
Africa: Can Scientific Freedom Deliver Development for Africa?
Scientific research has led to social and economic gains worldwide, but the scientists who make it happen face significant challenges. Read more »
July 17
Africa: Are Sustainable Cities a Pipe Dream?
Cities, once thought to be modern utopias that foster innovation, inclusivity, and commerce, actually ended up being hubs for environmental degradation. Although the concept of… Read more »
July 16
Nigeria: Women Lawyers Take Lead in Decongesting Prisons
Nyeche Uche, aged 60, got arrested by Nigeria's cybercrime fighter, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, for stealing. He spent 13 years and eight months in prison while… Read more »
Tanzania: How Climate-Smart Strategies Revitalized Tanzania's Livestock Sector
In a quest for survival, farmers and pastoralists living in Oldonyo Sambu, Tanzania's northern Maasai Steppe, used to fight over every drop of water. However, 12 villages have now… Read more »
July 15
Kenya: From Trauma to Triumph - Kenyan Women's Courageous Battle Against Female Genital Mutilation
In the heart of Empash village, a fragmented community nestled in Suswa, Narok County, some 62 miles northwest of Nairobi, Naomy Kolian's story unfolds like a gripping saga of… Read more »
July 12
Africa: Women & Girls Find Their Sexual & Reproductive Health On the Frontlines of a Battle They Didn't Start
Droughts, cyclones, floods and extreme temperatures - these are the 'new abnormal' of a world in which weather-related events are becoming increasingly prolonged, intense and… Read more »
Africa: Is Artificial Intelligence the Way Forward or Backward?
Contrary to popular belief, artificial intelligence has been a cornerstone of technological progress for much longer than the past few years. Computer scientist Alan Turing brought… Read more »
July 11
Sierra Leone: New Child Marriages, Cohabitation With a Child Law in Sierra Leone Lauded
"A person shall not contract marriage with a child," Sierra Leone's landmark Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024 says, outlawing, in no uncertain terms, child marriage, giving… Read more »
Sudan: UAE Complicit in Sudan Slaughter
Sudan is the scene of unimaginable suffering. As war between army and militia continues, civilians are paying the highest price. Both sides are killing non-combatants and… Read more »
July 08
Africa: A New Treaty for a Sustainable and Just Future?
A High-Level Political Forum - described as one of the most important events of the year for discussing the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)--will take place… Read more »
Namibia: LGBTQI+ Rights Victory Amid Regression
In June, the Namibian High Court struck down two sections of the country's Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual sexual relations between men, finding them… Read more »
July 05
Kenya: Kenya's Cash-Strapped, Ambitious Climate Change Goals
Kenya's need for climate finance is great--the country has been battered by climate change-related disasters for years--but as this analysis shows, the arrangements remain opaque,… Read more »
July 04
Africa: Investing in Teachers, School Leaders Key in Keeping Girls in School UN-African Union Study Finds
Investing in teachers and school leaders in Africa is the most important factor in promoting educational opportunities for girls, keeping them in school and ending child marriage,… Read more »
June 27
Africa: A Tax On the Super-Rich to Fight Hunger Gains Ground
A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world's 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$ 1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the… Read more »
Kenya: Youth-Led Protests Force Kenyan President's Hand Over Tax Bill
In a historic first, Kenya's youth have mobilized in large-scale protests to demand that the political establishment listen to them. The Finance Bill 2024, which proposed new taxes… Read more »
June 21
Malawi: The World Bank Must Double Its Fund for the Poorest Nations Like Mine to Tackle Hunger Crisis
After El Niño-induced floods and devastating drought, roughly two in five people in Malawi - a country of some 20 million people - are now facing the looming prospect of… Read more »
June 20
West Africa: Free Speech Under Siege - Across West Africa
Authoritarian overreach is re-defining itself across West Africa, fuelled by armed conflicts, military coups, and electoral manipulation and violence, as the region experiences a… Read more »
Africa: Peoples' Climate Vote Shows Global Support for Stronger Climate Action
The global public opinion research on climate change reveals that 80 percent, or four out of five, of people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the… Read more »
Africa: Unveiling the 'Dark Matter' of Food, Diets and Biodiversity
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Africa: Govt Debt Is Symptom, Not Cause
Developing country governments are being blamed for irresponsibly borrowing too much. The resulting debt stress has blocked investments and growth in this unequal and unfair world… Read more »
June 19
Nigeria: Climate Change, Ethnicity and Neglect Fuel Violence in Nigeria's Kaduna State
Lami Kwasu, a farmer in the village of Kafanchan in Kaduna State, north-central Nigeria, was at home one evening in October 2020 when the sound of sporadic gunshots filled the air. Read more »
June 18
Africa: Transforming African Food Systems From the Ground Up
All news is local, they say. The same is true of innovations--those many new technologies, policies, and practices that steadily stream from research to enhance our lives. Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Development of 39 Small Island Developing States - No Time to Wait
Today Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the environmental threats they confront require our urgent attention --and the global spotlight needs to be trained deliberately and… Read more »
June 17
Africa: Restoring Trust - Confronting Corruption and Championing Integrity
58 percent of respondents to a worldwide survey believed that their political system has been captured by an elite that is corrupt, obsolete, and unreformable. Corruption thrives… Read more »
Africa: Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Since 2008, farmland acquisitions have doubled prices worldwide, squeezing family farmers and other poor rural communities. Such land grabs are worsening inequality, poverty, and… Read more »