Africa: How Emerging Economies Are Reshaping the International Financial System

It's been 25 years since the 1997 Asian financial crisis led to the creation of the G20 forum for finance ministers; and 15 years since this became a leader-level meeting following… Read more »

Africa: BRAC 'Resets' Program Aimed At Empowering Adolescent Girls in Africa

BRAC's Empowerment and Livelihood Program (ELA) has benefitted tens of thousands of girls, and its recently released report shows an organization willing to adapt to the… Read more »

Africa: A Vital Partnership for the 2030 Agenda

Flexible and predictable funding allows UN agencies to respond promptly and with agility in times of crisis. In countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, and Ukraine, UNDP implements… Read more »

Tanzania: Govt Should Halt Plan to Relocate Maasai Pastoralists

Tanzania's policies on conservation and its ongoing impacts on Maasai people in Ngorongoro district highlight how communities historically marginalized by oppression still wrestle… Read more »

Africa: A Last-Ditch Effort to Save a High Seas Treaty From Sinking

When the United Nations began negotiations on a legally binding treaty to protect and regulate the high seas, one diplomat pointedly remarked: "It's a jungle out… Read more »

Africa: 'Hate Speech Loads the Gun, Misinformation Pulls the Trigger' - and It Is Profitable

In this world of wars, massive weapons production, sales and use; of sharpening inequalities and deadly climate emergencies, hate speech and its inhumane impact, is being amplified… Read more »

Nigeria: Taking a Stance On Feminists' Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women

Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me. Read more »

Africa: World Leaders, Private Sector Urged to Establish an International Green Bank to Win Climate Change Battle

As the effects of climate change escalate and natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts become more frequent and severe, threatening lives and livelihoods,… Read more »

Africa: China and Russia Fail to Defund UN Human Rights Work

United Nations member states agreed to fully fund UN human rights mechanisms that China, Russia, and their allies had sought to defund in the 2023 budget. This should set a… Read more »

Africa: Outlook for 2023 - Children in 'Polycrisis'

The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Gender Law Boosts Women's Participation in Politics, Business

Sierra Leone's new gender equality law will benefit women with political aspirations - as well as stimulate development, say analysts. Read more »

Eswatini: eSwatini - Democracy a Matter of Life and Death

Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he'd previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Political Violence Casts Spotlight On Free and Fair Polls

With political violence escalating in Zimbabwe, national elections slated for later this year face questions about whether the polls will meet free and fair international… Read more »

Africa: Mental Health Must Be Addressed in Medical Facilities and in Communities

Patients who visit public clinics in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, are asked mental health questions to detect signs of stress and depression early. The process starts with a… Read more »

Africa: Race to Prosperity As Least Developed Countries Top Agenda At UN Conference

It is a race against time to form a new global partnership to secure a better future for the world's poorest and most vulnerable nations by 2030 in line with the UN's SDGs. All 46… Read more »

Nigeria: Insecurity in Nigeria's Southern Kaduna - Will the Elections Change the Scenario?

Tabitha Siman, a survivor of an attack at her home, says life is not worth living after her twin daughters, husband, and co-wife were killed during an attack at her home. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Policies Slowing World Economy

Few policymakers ever claim credit for causing stagnation and recessions. Yet, they do so all the time, justifying their actions by some supposedly higher purpose. Read more »

Africa: Who Are Humanitarian Journalists?

In a new book, entitled Humanitarian Journalists: Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone, we document the unique reporting practices of a small but influential group of journalists… Read more »

Africa: No More Impunity for Journalists' Murders, Says Committee to Protect Journalists

The new year brought bad news for press freedom on the African continent with the brutal murder of one journalist and the suspicious death of another. Read more »

Africa: The Year of Debt Distress and Damaging Development Trade-Off

As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned, "Developing countries face 'impossible trade-off' on debt", that spiralling… Read more »

Africa: As the #AfricaClimateCrisis Bites, Soil Needs Doctors Too

In a wiser world, the term 'treating someone like dirt' would be a good thing. After all, 15 of the 18 nutrients essential to plants are supplied by soils and around 95% of the… Read more »

Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Launches Blue Bond on Regional Sustainable Finance Platform

On 20 January, the world's best sailors arrived in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, completing the initial leg of the 2023 edition of The Ocean Race. Coinciding with this stop was the launch… Read more »

Africa: 'Disconnected Citizens Are Kept Away From Opportunities'

In 2022, Saudi Arabia "quietly" sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, marking the longest Saudi sentence ever for a peaceful activist. Fast… Read more »

Africa: New Business Technology Transfer Provides Benefits for African Pharmaceutical Industry

A few months after German biotechnology company BioNTech announced the establishment of the first-ever local vaccine manufacturing in Rwanda, experts believe the successful… Read more »

Africa: On International Day of Education, We Must Prioritise Girls in Humanitarian Crisis

"Is it a sin to be a girl? We don't want to be at home and illiterate. We want to go to school, study and be intelligent." Read more »