Africa: Charles Can Help Undo a Colonial Crime

Clive Baldwin is the London-based senior legal advisor at Human Rights Watch and lead author of the Human Rights Watch report on UK and US colonial crimes against the Chagossians Read more »

Africa: Reshaping Multilateralism in Times of Crises

The world is in permanent crisis mode. In addition to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution,… Read more »

Africa: Of Africa and the Magic Formula of the Italian Taxi Driver

Some days ago in Rome, the Italian taxi driver switched on the radio during a longish ride through the usual traffic jam. Music, gossip, and the hourly news bulletin. All of a… Read more »

Sudan: In Sudanese Conflict, Either You Lose Everything, or You Die

On the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Sabre Nasr, a young Egyptian man of 20, developed a fever. Read more »

Africa: Drone Journalism Holds Great Potential to Improve Safety of Journalists in Africa's Volatile Situations

In a departure from the past, where journalists in Kenya have freely covered anti-government protests unharmed, a series of events that unfolded in March 2023 have heightened fears… Read more »

Africa: To Confront Our Current Crises, It's Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is

The finance sector's role in the current global crises - notably climate, biodiversity, and food security - is significant. Read more »

South Africa: Safeguarding the Future of Independent Media and Our Democracies

There's a now familiar groan every time the lights go out in South Africa. Due to a critical shortage of electricity, the national power utility institutes a daily regimen of… Read more »

Africa: UN Plan of Action On Safety of Journalists

Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democratic society. Without a debate of ideas, without verified facts, without diversity of perspectives, democracy is a shadow of… Read more »

Africa: A Proposal for a UN Freedom of Information Act Never Got Off the Ground

The United Nations has consistently been a vociferous advocate of freedom of the press - and, most importantly, the right of journalists to report without fear of reprisals. Read more »

Africa: Empowering Women Is Key to Breaking the Devastating Cycle of Poverty & Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Studies consistently show that women have lower rates of agricultural productivity compared to men in the region, but it's not because they're less efficient farmers. Read more »

Africa: Media Freedom Is Vital but Have We Passed Peak Press?

Peak oil was first up, followed by peak gas, gold and others, as if the world was draining natural resources like toilet roll panic buying in a lockdown supermarket. But should we… Read more »

Africa: Rising to the Challenge - the UN Road Safety Fund in a Polycrises World

Nneka Henry is Head of UN Road Safety Fund Read more »

Africa: 'Defending Human Rights Is a Crime in Some Countries and a Deadly Activity in Others'

By Bibbi Abruzzini and Clarisse Sih, Forus Read more »

Africa: Gender Gap in Academia - Glass Ceilings & Sticky Floors

By Victoria Galán-Muros, Mathias Bouckaert and Jaime Roser Read more »

Africa: Local Innovations Key to Meeting Challenges of the Climate Crisis

Several years ago, on a visit to a village in rural Zimbabwe, I met a small group of women with a story to share. Read more »

Africa: Ukraine War Triggers Record Increase in World Military Spending

The United Nations has warned that the February 2022 Rusian invasion of Ukraine has threatened to force up to 1.7 billion people -- over one-fifth of humanity -- into poverty,… Read more »

Africa: The Last Mile to Malaria Elimination - Confronting Gender Inequalities & Power Dynamics

For centuries, malaria has remained one of the deadliest diseases, inflicting great suffering on families and perpetuating the cycle of poverty in many communities and nations. The… Read more »

Sudan: Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan

The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for transition to democratic rule. The international community needs to learn the lessons of this catastrophe… Read more »

Africa: Africa, Now Squeezed to the Bones

As many as 45 African countries -out of the Continent's 54 nations-, all of them grouped in what is known as Sub-Saharan Africa, have now been further squeezed to their bones, as… Read more »

Africa: We Can Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals but It Will Take Courage & Urgent Transformations

The world is at a crossroads. This week, the United Nations Secretary-General, government ministers and senior leaders are gathered in New York at the ECOSOC Financing for… Read more »

Africa: International Human Rights Law As a Tool to Stop Rising Homophobia in Africa

Imagine your government enacted a law where you and all people of your race or economic status were imprisoned for extended periods, with some facing the death penalty, simply for… Read more »

Africa: Vulnerable Countries Need Action On Loss and Damage Today and Not At COPs to Come #AfricaClimateHope

In March 2023, more than 600 people died in Malawi after Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped heavy rain, flooding the southern part of the country, displacing over half a million… Read more »

Africa: Should Internet Access Be Declared a Basic Human Right?

The United Nations defines human rights as "rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status". Read more »

Africa: Crisis? What Crisis? Western Media Failing to Convey the Urgency of the Climate Emergency

If an alien landed on Planet Earth today and started watching television and reading the newspapers, it would probably not realize that humanity and the natural world face an… Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Golf Is Giving Cyclone Idai Survivors Hope

Trust Makanidzani's golf practice session with his friends is disrupted by a howling wind and a heavy pelting of water that thundered against rooftops at Chimanimani Golf Course in… Read more »