December 07, 2022
Africa: COP15 - Biodiversity Conservation in the Face of Growing Economies
Dating back to the 16th Century, the face of biodiversity conservation has taken several tolls and twists- evolving from an era of preservation to conservation- down to… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Rich Nations Doubly Responsible for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Natural flows do not respect national boundaries. The atmosphere and oceans cross international borders with little difficulty, as greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other fluids,… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Africa: Global Risks in 2022 - The Year of Colliding Consequences
As 2022 draws to a close, we are confronted with an unprecedented collision of global risks, interacting and reinforcing each other in dangerous new ways. Read more »
December 01, 2022
Egypt: Egypt Races to Supply Wind, Solar Energy to Europe Via Submarine Cables
As Europe braces for an unusual winter due to a global energy crisis, Greece is embarking on one of Europe's most ambitious energy projects by connecting its electricity grid to… Read more »
Africa: COP27 Was a Global Cop-Out, Critics Say
Last year's climate COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, was billed as the most important conference in the history of humanity. But it failed to deliver. If anything, that failure added… Read more »
Africa: This Planet Is Drying Up. And These Are the Consequences
Drought is one of the 'most destructive' natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from impacts, such as wide-scale crop failure, wildfires and water stress. Read more »
Africa: Illegal Immigration - a Mounting Global Crisis
Illegal immigration has evolved into a mounting crisis for a growing number of countries worldwide and governments appear to be at a loss on how to deal with the crisis. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: Three Ways to End Gender-Based Violence
How are the multiple shocks and crises the world is facing changing how we respond to gender-based violence? Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic triggered high levels of… Read more »
East Africa: Legal Recognition of East African Sign Languages Key Towards Inclusion
Since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, at least two deaf people were shot and killed in Uganda by state law enforcement officers. Their 'crime' was being deaf and uneducated.… Read more »
Africa: Processing Industry Holds Promise for Broader Economic Growth
As a central pillar of African diets for thousands of years, millet has a prized position as one of the continent's most important crops. Read more »
November 29, 2022
Africa: Green Revolution in Africa Gets Make-Up, Not Make-Over
Despite its dismal record, the Gates Foundation-sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a new five-year strategy in September after rebranding itself… Read more »
Africa: UN Assessed Contributions Needed to Generate Core Funding for Climate Loss & Damage
For decades, there have been non-conclusive deliberations regarding how the international community could support poor and vulnerable countries in their efforts to cope with and… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: Digital Human Rights Need to Be Enshrined in Law
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Zimbabwe: Cattle Turn Into New Currency Amid Inflation in Zimbabwe
In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in Mberengwa district switched… Read more »
Africa: Push Forward - Act Now to End Violence Against Women and Girls
Five years ago, the global #MeToo movement brought new urgency and visibility to the extent of violence against women and girls. Millions of survivors came forward to share their… Read more »
Africa: Countries Hiding Responses Sent to UN Experts Over Allegations of Human Rights Abuses
Human rights defenders are alarmed at what appears to be a new process permitting countries to keep confidential their responses to UN experts about allegations of human rights… Read more »
Africa: Black 'Fraud-Days' and the Shocking Cost of Staying Fashionable
Please take a quick look at this short report before rushing to shop on a Black Friday, Christmas sales and all those long chains of big discounts and wholesales, most of them are… Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: Was COP27 a Success or a Failure?
COP 27 was both better and worse than expected, say Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence Read more »
November 23, 2022
Uganda: Women Tackle Domestic Violence With Green Solutions
Constance Okollet Achom, a Ugandan woman from Tororo, a rural village located in Eastern Uganda, has helped several dozens of her peers affected by domestic violence to address the… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: Pan-African Approach Needed to Tackle Food Insecurity Arising From Conflict and Climate Shocks
Upheaval on the global stage, the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Horn of Africa, severe climatic shocks, high international inflation, increasing global commodity prices, high… Read more »
Africa: Landmark Win On Loss and Damage Fund at COP27 #AfricaClimateHope
COP 27 delivered on what was the 'litmus test' for its success - consensus on the establishment of a fund on loss and damage. What seemed impossible was made possible, largely due… Read more »
Africa: Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily
The ongoing plunder of Africa's natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt… Read more »
November 21, 2022
Africa: A Looming Debt Crisis Is Threatening Global Health Security. It Is Time to Drop the Debt
In this moment of profound challenge in international relations, it was understandable that the conclusion of the G20 meeting left leaders feeling relieved that the meeting took… Read more »
Africa: U.S. to Fight Sexual Abuse in International Organizations
The United States, which recently laid down a set of guidelines to monitor sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by US citizens in international organizations, including the United… Read more »
Africa: Crimes Against Children
An indisputable truth is that no child has ever chosen where to be born, which colour of skin to have, which ethnic community to belong to, what religion to practice and language… Read more »