July 06, 2023
Africa: Vaccination is the Best Bet Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs - Experts
Childhood vaccination, complemented with clean drinking water and improved hygiene practices, are the key to eradication of typhoid XDR, not indiscriminate use of antibiotics, say… Read more »
Africa: The Grand Narrative of Private Finance - Over-Reliance On Attracting Investment Is Undermining Change At World Bank
By Bhumika Muchhala and María José Romero Read more »
July 05, 2023
Africa: Recognising Human Rights Defenders As Remarkable Agents of Positive Change
In recent years, the global landscape for human rights defenders (HRDs) has become more difficult and complex, with both new and heightened challenges. With hundreds of defenders… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Greener Pastures Not So Green for Zimbabweans in the Diaspora
They have high-paying jobs, a high standard of living, and almost everything they need, but for Zimbabweans abroad, all that glitters is not gold. Read more »
July 04, 2023
Africa: Transformative Change of Our Relationship With Nature - Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Read more »
Africa: Climate Change and Development
There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change. Read more »
July 03, 2023
Africa: Tuberculosis - A Disease of the Poor That Needs Rich Funding
The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a political commitment for increased funding for programmes and research to end an… Read more »
Africa: How the Security Council Can Better Pursue Accountability for International Crimes Against Children
Around 2018, when Anwar was 14 or 15 years old, his father, a member of IS, forced Anwar to train with the group as a young teenager. He even made Anwar watch as he inflicted… Read more »
June 30, 2023
Africa: Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back On the Menu
Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and… Read more »
Malawi: Land Beneficiaries Lament Worsening Poverty in Resettled Areas
Located between two heavily-deforested mountains, Nakadanga Trust in Machinga District in southern Malawi looks lifeless. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Rwanda: Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness
Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the capital Kigali, said women have often been the unseen faces of… Read more »
Africa: The Need for More Funding, Especially to Women, Towards Climate Adaptation Goals
There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation - especially for women. Public financing will not be sufficient to close this gap, but it will be crucial for supporting… Read more »
Nigeria: Questions Arise About Youth Commitment to Democracy After Nigerian Elections
As Nigeria's newly-elected president Bola Tinabu seems to be making his mark by undoing many of his predecessor's policies - another battle is being waged in the courts between him… Read more »
June 28, 2023
East Africa: Food Beyond The Reach of Millions in Horn of Africa
Four months pregnant, Ayan was close to dying of starvation when she arrived at the Kabasa camp in Dolow, on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Women's Savings Clubs Struggle Under Weight of Unstable Currency
For years, self-employed and unemployed women in Zimbabwe formed neighbourhood "clubs" where they pooled money together for everything from buying bulk groceries to be shared at… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Africa: When the President of the General Assembly Was Given a Seat At a Summit - A Back Row Seat
When the United Nations commemorated 'International Day of Women in Diplomacy' last week, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) Csaba Kõrösi rightly pointed out… Read more »
June 24, 2023
South Sudan: President Kiir, Education Cannot Wait Jointly Announce Extended Multi-Year Education Response for Crises-Impacted Sudanese Children
South Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe crises in the world today, causing fragility, instability, and economic stagnation. While a peace agreement was reached in 2018,… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Africa: If Govts Have the Tools to Stop Fishing-Related Deaths, Why Aren't They Being Used?
Long before Hollywood highlighted the dangers of commercial fishing in The Perfect Storm, Deadliest Catch and other programming, governments around the world knew that this was one… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Global Community Celebrates Medical Innovations and Milestones Since Defining Leprosy Discovery 150 Years Ago
The 1873 discovery of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen, remains one of the greatest paradigm shifts in medical… Read more »
Africa: Beyond the UN Security Council - Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate-Security Challenge?
The wildfires raging in Canada are yet another reminder that climate change is already having an impact on all our lives. As the smoke clears around the United Nations building in… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Africa: If Current Trends Continue, Low-Income Countries May Not Achieve a Single Development Goal By 2030
When the 193-member General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development back in September 2015., it was aimed at transforming the world into an idealistic state of… Read more »
June 20, 2023
Africa: Safety of Human Rights Defenders in Exile Imperiled By Host Countries' Declining Civil Rights
Home Away From Home is the theme of World Refugee Day 2023. However, for many, including human rights activists who have fled their homes, a decline in civil rights in their host… Read more »
Liberia: Palm Oil - Innovative Approach to Sustainable Development Policy and Investment
Oil palm has brought significant benefits and prosperity to Liberia. The export of crude palm oil is a major source of foreign exchange earnings for the government. The palm oil… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Africa: Negotiations Must Accelerate Climate Action and Save Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateHope
Vulnerable countries, banking on robust climate negotiations, want an inclusive funding package to help them with the devastating impacts of climate change. Read more »
South Africa: Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassador's Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy
In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy… Read more »