September 05, 2022
Africa: Infant Mortality Rates - The Dying Children Divide
The chances of a child dying before reaching age five years have dropped substantially worldwide during the recent past. However, a significant divide remains among countries as… Read more »
Africa: A Plea for the Creation of a UN Youth Assembly
There are many ways the UN can have a sizeable role in promoting the engagement and participation of youth and helping them becoming a central pillar of a new way of doing… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Africa: 100 Million People With Long Covid Is a Crisis We Must Address
More than two-years in, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on with rising cases and deaths every day. A silent and more long-term pandemic occurring simultaneously is long COVID. The… Read more »
August 31, 2022
Africa: Continent Should Trade Its Carbon Credits to Fund Renewable Energy - UNECA
Africa needs to trade in carbon credits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finance the transition to renewable energy, and boost economic development, the United Nations Economic… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Africa: How France Underdevelops Africa
Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse off… Read more »
August 29, 2022
South Sudan: Will Diplomat Accused of Rape Be Prosecuted At Home?
When UN diplomats are charged with civil or criminal offenses - from traffic violations to sexual abuse -- they avoid prosecution and civil law suits under cover of diplomatic… Read more »
August 26, 2022
Zimbabwe: Auxillia Mnangagwa Is Following in Grace 'Gucci' Mugabe's Path - Critics
On Friday, November 24, 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, after the ouster of… Read more »
Africa: The Journey to Defend Human Rights Never Ends
As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. Read more »
August 24, 2022
Africa: Thinking Like a Tree - A Tribute to Life Sustainers
When I was a child, a friend asked me: "How would you describe a tree to someone who has never seen one?" I looked at the trees surrounding us and realised it was impossible,… Read more »
Africa: UN Labour Report Highlights Employment Challenges for Youth
When COVID-19 prompted economic shutdowns across the globe, many analysts predicted that youth would be especially at risk. This is because young people tend to have fewer economic… Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: Funding Urgently Needed for Children's Education in Conflict Areas - ECW Director
Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) issued a wake-up call for the global community to support efforts on facilitating education in crisis areas. She was… Read more »
Africa: Keeping the Promise of Education for Crisis-Impacted Children and Adolescents
'We Have Promises to Keep' - Education Cannot Wait results report shows how investments reach 7 million crisis-impacted children and adolescents in the world's toughest contexts.… Read more »
Africa: How Not to Win Friends and Influence People
After four years of Trump's 'America first' isolationism, US President Joe Biden announced "America is back". His White House has since tried to find allies against China and… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Africa: Millions Go Hungry - While Billions Worth of Food Go Into Landfills
The ominous warnings keep coming non-stop: some of the world's developing nations, mostly in Africa and Asia, are heading towards mass hunger and starvation. Read more »
Africa: The Challenges of High Fertility, Rapidly Growing Populations
While most countries in the world have made the transition from high to low rates of deaths and births, many countries, largely in Africa, face the challenges of high fertility… Read more »
Africa: 'And of Water We Made Every Living Thing'
This is how the Muslims' Holy Book - the Quran refers to the most precious element of life. Read more »
Africa: Why Electoral Malpractices Are the Leading Form of Governance in Africa
Once again, Kenya finds itself at a crossroads. The current events in Kenya illustrate how and why electoral malpractices and not democracy and human rights are the leading form of… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Zimbabwe: Starvation Pounds Inflation-Hit Urban Zimbabweans
With inflation at 256.9 percent, 49-year-old Dambudzo Chauruka can no longer afford to buy bread despite working as a civil servant in Zimbabwe. Read more »
August 18, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 - Scientists Warn That It's Not Over Till It's Over
After two years of economic and social upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including South Africa, have lifted the tough protocols such as lockdowns, the… Read more »
Africa: To Accelerate Social Change, Approach Philanthropy With a Feminist Lens
Feminist movements are powerful, and donors who want to contribute to solving the biggest challenges facing the world today, should fund them deeply, and without restrictions.… Read more »
Africa: Tapping Into the Power of Young People for Climate Action
Today, our world is 1.1°C warmer than it was in the pre-industrial era, and failure to act urgently could possibly result in increases of 1.5°C-2°C between 2026 and… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Africa: Global Public Investment - Time to Build the Movement Now
Global Public Investment. A short and simple phrase. But one that means so much. Read more »
August 16, 2022
Africa: Refugees Face Often Neglected Mental Health Challenges - Report
While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also face poorer health outcomes. Read more »
Africa: A World in Crisis Needs Both Trade and Aid
We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock of COVID,… Read more »
Africa: Stagflation - From Tragedy to Farce
Half a century after the 1970s' stagflation, economies are slowing, even contracting, as prices rise again. Thus, the World Bank warns, "Surging energy and food prices heighten the… Read more »