Africa: A Climate Finance Goal That Works for Developing Countries #AfricaClimateHope

After years of failing to meet climate finance commitments, the new climate finance goal under discussion this week in Bonn is critical, but without supporting reforms of the… Read more »

Africa: No Peace Until Peace for All

As we head into June, we will commemorate a number of important international days that call for much-needed support to protect refugees, end child labour, stop sexual violence in… Read more »

Africa: The Fight for Equity in Education Continues in Africa

June 16 marks the International Day of the African Child, a day commemorating student uprisings in Soweto Township, South Africa, in 1976. The day is meant to honor the brave… Read more »

Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Has Put Women & Girls in Malawi At Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation

"Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse," warns Caleb… Read more »

Africa: Transforming Food Systems Through Conscious, Mindful Practices

Deep in the Egyptian desert, the SEKEM community celebrates its first wheat crop - grown to alleviate shortages and price increases caused by the war in Ukraine, and the latest… Read more »

Africa: Citizen Science Is Key in Helping to Tackle the Threat of Invasive Alien Species

Prof. Helen Roy, Prof. Peter Stoett, and Prof. Anibal Pauchard - Co-Chairs of the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment Read more »

Africa: Will Big Powers Condone a UN Role in Artificial Intelligence?

The UN is hustling to play a role - perhaps even a leading role - in the revolution of Artificial Intelligence. To some degree this is perfectly natural. Read more »

Africa: We Need to Talk About Deep Blue Carbon

The focus of carbon capture and storage has long been on coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. If the world wants to meet its looming climate targets, then it's time to… Read more »

Africa: AI Genie Is Out of the Bottle - UN Should Take the Challenge to Make It Work for the Good of Humanity

Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury is Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations and Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Seeks Fair, Equitable Climate Action at Bonn Conference

The Climate Change envoy to the President of Kenya has asked Kenya's and, by extension Africa's negotiators at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany, not to put much… Read more »

Africa: Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?

The good news: oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, contain 97% of the world's water, represent 99% of the living space on the Planet by volume, and are a major… Read more »

Africa: Does Artificial Intelligence Need a Regulatory UN Watchdog?

The frighteningly rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered the question: is there a UN role for monitoring and regulating it? Read more »

Africa: Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies

In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in the survival of urban and… Read more »

Africa: World Environment Day - Solutions for Plastic Pollution

By Lara Van Lith and Akilah Davitt: It's time to get together and celebrate the environment! June 5th is the 50th World Environment Day, where each year, the significance of… Read more »

Africa: Close Inequalities to End Aids & Prepare for Future Pandemics

By Winnie Byanyima and Sir Michael Marmot Read more »

West Africa: Of the Sahel and the Merchants of Death

There is a tangled trafficking web that has been woven across the Sahel, which spans almost 6.000 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and is home to more than 300… Read more »

Africa: Girls Redrawing the Future of Artificial Intelligence

A few weeks ago we celebrated the Girls in ICT Day and I am wondering how can we keep moving the digital equality needle so that more women out of the 259 million that are… Read more »

Africa: Urgency for a Global Fund for Media & Journalism

There have been an array of proposals to sustain journalism around the world- from tax incentives and subsidies to the idea of allocating 1% of governments' GDP to a drastically… Read more »

Africa: Waiting Game for Nigerian Students Awaiting Evacuation From Sudan

Seven weeks after the bloody conflict in Khartoum, Sudan started, and 41 days after the Nigerian government began the evacuation of residents studying there, students are still… Read more »

Kenya: Scientist's Trend-Setting Research Into Health Benefits of Snails

Snails and slime are usually followed by the thought 'EEW!' from most people ... some might even scream at seeing a snail near them. Read more »

Africa: Carbon Tax - A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fighting #AfricaClimateCrisis

Reducing carbon emissions is critical for combating climate change. And one effective way to do this is through the use of carbon taxes. Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Gets Its Day in Court

As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its way to the world's highest court. Read more »

Sudan: As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, Neighbours Pay the Price

The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those who make their living moving goods across the borders have spent weeks hoping the situation will normalize. Read more »

Africa: Population Denialism Is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism

A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved. Read more »

Africa: How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society

The Wagner Group, a shadowy mercenary group that has been operating for many years in African countries such as Sudan, Mali, the Central African Republic, and other mainly… Read more »