July 22, 2025
Africa: Kenyan Biochar Project Becomes First in Africa Validated Under European Carbon Standard
In June 2025, Kenyan climate-tech firm Tera became the first African project developer to have its carbon removal initiative independently validated and registered under Riverse, a… Read more »
Africa: Global South Calls for Strategic Energy Transition Amidst SDG Target Slowdowns
At the UN 2025 High Level Political Forum last week, global energy leaders warned that without urgent action in expanding access to clean energy, hundreds of millions will remain… Read more »
July 21, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: Soaring Demand for Electric Vehicles, Lithium-Ion Batteries Creates Environmental Crisis in DRC
Electric vehicles contribute to an ongoing environmental and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mining operations cause deforestation, pollution,… Read more »
Africa: Protect Women's Rights, Especially in a Time of Equality Backlash, Say Activists
Discriminatory laws and the absence of legal protections impact more than 2.5 billion women and girls worldwide in various ways. Legal reform is paramount to securing gender… Read more »
Africa: Humans Have Blown Past 6 of 9 'Planetary Boundaries' - Governments Alone Won't Fix This
Nearly ten years after the Paris Agreement -- a legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- the gap between climate goals and government actions remains… Read more »
July 18, 2025
South Africa: Price and Power of Freedom - Celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. - Nelson Mandela Read more »
Africa: From Ads to AI - How Big Tech Took Over Everything
"The power of AI carries immense responsibilities. Today, that power sits in the hands of a few," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2025 AI Action Summit,… Read more »
Burkina Faso: From Drylands to Dignity - How Solar Energy and Climate-Smart Farming Are Empowering Communities in Burkina Faso
In the heart of Burkina Faso's drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush… Read more »
July 17, 2025
Africa: 3.4 Billion People Left Behind - Interest Payments Now Outpace Education Spending in Half the World
Today, 3.4 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest payments than on health or education. This marks a trembling indication that the United Nations'… Read more »
Africa: Human Rights in an Increasingly Digitizing World
Over the past several decades, digital technologies have transformed nearly every aspect of human life, revolutionizing developments across multiple sectors, including healthcare,… Read more »
July 16, 2025
Africa: To Be, or Not to Be, an Undocumented Migrant
To be, or not to be, an undocumented migrant, that is the question for millions of men, women and children in many less developed countries. "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to… Read more »
Africa: Faith On the Frontlines - New Military Chaplain Programme Reaches Soldiers in Africa
It is a cold morning in eastern Zimbabwe as Lieutenant Colonel Reverend Doctor Samba Mosweu celebrates a glorious moment he has been waiting for all his life. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'International Demand for Coltan Is Linked to Violence in the DR Congo'
CIVICUS speaks with Claude Iguma, a mining governance expert with a PhD in Social Sciences, who is based in Bukavu, South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo… Read more »
Africa: Gender-Discriminatory Nationality Laws Are Fueling Poverty & Violence Against Women
Around a quarter of countries still have nationality laws that deny women the same rights as men to acquire, retain, or change their citizenship, or to pass citizenship onto their… Read more »
Africa: Hlpf 2025 - Civil Society Is Not a Service Provider - We Are the Frontline of Transformation
NEW YORK, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) - As delegates gather in New York over the coming weeks for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), we see this moment as a test. A test of whether… Read more »
July 15, 2025
South Africa: Sweet Hope to End Bitter Pills for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Every day, Yondela Kolweni has to hold down her son, who screams and fights when it is time for his daily life-saving TB tablets--a painful reminder of her battle with the world's… Read more »
Africa: WHO, Unicef Find the World Is Off Track to Meet Childhood Immunization Goals
The latest data highlights that the world is off track to meet the targets set by the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) to achieve 90 percent global immunization coverage for… Read more »
Africa: Financing for Whom? Trials & Tribulations From the Fourth Financing for Development in Seville
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) took place in Seville, Spain from 30th June to 3rd July amidst intensifying attacks on multilateralism,… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: A Crisis of Contagion and Collapse - Why Cholera Continues to Be a Problem in the DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is grappling with one of its worst cholera outbreaks in recent history, exposing deep systemic cracks in public health, water infrastructure,… Read more »
Africa: The Risks Artificial Intelligence Pose for the Global South
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing and leaving its mark across the globe. Yet the implementation of AI risks widening the gap between the Global North and South. Read more »
Africa: Will the FfD4 Sevilla Commitment Ever Be Followed Up?
The extensive plan of action adopted at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held recently in Sevilla, Spain (30 June - 3 July), triggers the… Read more »
Africa: UN Reform - Is It Time to Renew the Idea of Clustering the Major Environmental Agreements?
"Never let a good crisis go to waste." Winston Churchill's famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Africa: The Race Towards Clean Energy - a World Still Gripped By Coal
Global investments in energy exceeded USD 3 trillion in 2024, with at least USD 2 trillion being invested in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Infrastructure. Despite… Read more »
Africa: UN Funding Crisis Threatens Work of Human Rights Council
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has expressed concern at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' announcement that certain activities mandated by the council… Read more »
Africa: Bonn Climate Talks - Why World Needs to Go Further, Faster, and Fairer
This 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) from June 16 to 26, 2025 revealed the persistent complexities and political tensions that continue to challenge multilateral… Read more »
