July 28, 2023
Africa: The Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
"Humanity is in the hot seat today," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists as the world confronted official data confirming that July 2023 is… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: TB Preventive Treatment - The Need for Choice
The progress made in HIV prevention is nothing short of a global success story. It is time that TB caught up to HIV. Medicine is simply too advanced for us to tolerate how one… Read more »
Africa: Exchange Rate Movements Due to Interest Rates, Speculation, Not Fundamentals
Currency values and foreign exchange rates change for many reasons, largely following market perceptions, regardless of fundamentals. Market speculation has worsened volatility,… Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Sudan: Education Is a 'Life-Saving Intervention' in Emergencies - Education Minister
In times of crisis, education is an essential component of humanitarian intervention packages, South Sudan's Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil told IPS… Read more »
July 21, 2023
Eswatini: Election With No Democracy On the Horizon
Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there's nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III,… Read more »
Africa: It's Time UN Turned Ideas to 'Unmute' Civil Society Into Action
How do you get a seat at the table when you can't even access the building? This question loomed as activists, faith-based leaders, and NGO representatives gathered at the NY Ford… Read more »
July 20, 2023
Africa: New AI Weather Forecasting Model Aims to Boost Africa's Response to Climate Change
Scientists have recently unveiled a first-ever weather forecasting model using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions to help vulnerable African countries… Read more »
Africa: Soaring Food Prices Leading to Obesity As Well As Hunger
The climate, conflict and economic shocks of recent years and their impact on food prices have landed a huge blow to the world's hopes of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal… Read more »
Africa: Financing Biggest Hurdle to Providing Children With Quality Education in Crisis Situations - ECW
If you want lasting peace, the best investment you can make is in education, said Education Cannot Wait's Executive Director Yasmine Sherif in an exclusive interview with IPS. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Africa: Climate Justice - Is Litigation a Good Way Forward?
By Kwan Soo-Chen and David McCoy Read more »
Africa: Improving Healthcare for All
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor Read more »
July 18, 2023
Africa: Mandela Day Reminder to Stand Witness to Human Rights Defenders
As human rights increasingly deteriorate, rights defenders are being violently suppressed. Abducted, detained, tortured, and humiliated, many now live one day at a time. They have… Read more »
Africa: Black Sea Grain Initiative 'Paused' but Africa Must Live Beyond Foreign Dependence
As Russia paused the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reacted with regret saying the global south would be… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Africa: Most UN Agencies Lack Access to Information Policies, Survey Finds
Less than half of United Nations agencies have access to information policies, according to a survey by Eye on Global Transparency. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Marginalising Key Populations Impacting Efforts to End HIV/Aids Epidemic
A report released this week has highlighted how continuing criminalisation and marginalisation of key populations are stymying efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read more »
Africa: 'Spending Money On Education Is Investing in Humanity'
As the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) looms, Education Cannot Wait's director Yasmine Sherif warned, "We are failing the promises we made on… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Zimbabwe: Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Zimbabwe Polls
Zimbabwe holds general elections next month amid growing human rights and press freedom concerns in what analysts say could mar conditions for undisputed poll results. Read more »
Africa: Twenty-Five Years After the Creation of the International Criminal Court
On the night of 17 July 1998, the outcome of the Diplomatic Conference convened to create the International Criminal Court was still uncertain. Hundreds of state representatives… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: Can Carbon Trading Stop Global Heating?
By Sarah Razak and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Read more »
Mauritania: Supporting Conflict Prevention & Social Cohesion in Mauritania
Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled on the border with neighboring Mali, over 1,200 kilometers from the capital city of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Private and Public Spheres - Sweden and Mugabe
The war in Ukraine continues unabated; young men are sacrificed on battlefields, towns laid waste by aerial attacks, the threat of nuclear disasters is looming. People within an… Read more »
July 11, 2023
East Africa: East African International Students Set to Benefit From Single Qualification Framework
East African international students could soon easily study in neighbouring countries after the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) proposed a new qualification… Read more »
July 10, 2023
East Africa: Grey Market Charcoal East Africa - Why Prohibitionist Interventions Are Failing
At Kampala's Nakawa market, Lovisa Nabisubi scoops charcoal from a bag and packs it into tins ready for customers. Her bare hands, feet, and clothes are stained black from hours of… Read more »
Africa: Re-Thinking Disability Inclusion for the SDGs
By Ulrika Modéer and Jose Viera Read more »
July 07, 2023
Sierra Leone: Cloud Lingers Over Sierra Leone's Election
People went to the polls in Sierra Leone on 24 June to pick a president, parliament and municipal representatives. Results were quickly announced and the president sworn in for a… Read more »