Africa: Digital Inclusion Is Vital for Strengthening Women's Rights in Africa #IWD2023

The writer is Global Executive Director at Equality Now Read more »

Africa: The Power of Technology and The Increased Exclusion, Inequalities & Gender Discrimination #IWD2023

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: World Parliaments Could Take Another 80 Years to Achieve Gender Parity Among Legislators #IWD2023

This feature is part of a series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Kenya: First Ever Women Council of Elders Making Inroads in North Eastern Kenya #IWD23

This feature is part of a series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: Our Aids Response Must Acknowledge and Bridge Gendered Digital Inequalities

Anne Githuku-Shongwe is the UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa Director and Eva Kiwango is the Country Director of UNAIDS South Africa Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2023 - Promoting Gender Equality and Closing the Digital Divide

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2023 - Five Sharp Questions On Female Empowerment

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2023 - Her Land, Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality And Land Restoration Goals

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: Forget ChatGPT - the Greatest Tech Breakthrough Would Be Getting Cell Phones to Rural Women

Dr. Nicoline de Haan is Director of the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Unbanked, Poor Get Reprieve After Court Rules Naira Deadline Unconstitutional

Nigerians confronted by hardships over the scarcity of the newly redesigned naira notes in conjunction with the country's cashless policy introduced by the apex bank have had a… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2023 - To Strengthen Women's Resilience to Disasters, Make Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day, 2023 - A New Global Architecture to Defend & Promote Rights of Women & Girls

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women's Day, March 8. Read more »

Africa: The Dynamics of Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa

There is no better environment for the expansion of violent extremist groups than a vacuum in state authority. It provides ideal conditions for these groups to prey on existing and… Read more »

Africa: Most African Govts (3 in 4) Spend More On Arms, Less On Farms

The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms. Read more »

Africa: Research Uncovers Cheaper Diagnostic Tools for Chronic Hepatitis B in Africa

Researchers have found that cheaper and more accessible blood testing methods can improve the care of patients with chronic hepatitis B in Africa. Read more »

Africa: Interwoven Global Crises Can Best Be Solved Together

When global crises are interlinked, they overlap and compound each other. In such cases, the most effective solutions are those that work at the nexus of all these challenges. Read more »

South Africa: Rising Food Prices, Ongoing Energy Crisis Place South Africa At Risk

South Africa's almost record level food price inflation, load shedding, rising energy costs, and further fuel and interest rate hike forecast have eroded workers' disposable… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Forests Disappearing in Energy Poor Zimbabwean Cities

In New Ashdon Park, a medium-density area in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, at new homes that have replaced a once thriving forest, makeshift fireplaces have become common sights… Read more »

Africa: The Case for Criminalising Ecocide

Genocide, war crimes, aggression, ecocide, crimes against humanity - which is the odd one out? The right answer is ecocide - destroying, polluting or damaging the natural living… Read more »

Africa: Oil Corporation to Lead Climate Change Talks in 2023

The Chief Executive of the twelfth largest oil producer - Sultan Al Jaber of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) - has been appointed as president of the United Nations… Read more »

Africa: Spain - Home to The 'Greenhouses of Death' for African Migrants

Chances are that the fruits and vegetables sold in European supermarkets have been picked and packed by a migrant worker in southern Spain. By the tens of thousands, they work… Read more »

Nigeria: Participation in the Nigerian Elections Is Far More Important and Potent Than Cynicism

Mr. Mohamed Yahya is Resident Representative UNDP Nigeria Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria in Search of a True Leader in Presidential Elections

From all indications, President Muhammadu Buhari will be handing over a fractured nation that is deeply divided along ethnic and religious lines when he formally hands over to his… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Post-Election Reset Needs Youth-Centred Accountable Leaders

Youth have already transformed the narrative of the 2023 elections, and it would be crucial for Nigeria's newly elected president to consider their issues as he takes on the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Economic Crisis Pushes Underaged Girls to Sex Work

After other adolescent girls her age have gone to bed at around 10 pm, Kudzai commutes to a shopping centre near her home in Penhalonga, a mining area 25 kilometres outside the… Read more »