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 »

South Africa: We Want to Be Legal - We're Not 'Zama Zama' Criminals, Say Artisanal Miners

Mining towns across South Africa have become hostage to a booming but bloody illegal mining economy. Read more »

Africa: The People of Africa Need Relief - The Biden Administration Can Provide It

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is traveling to South Africa, Zambia, and Senegal this week in the hopes of strengthening U.S.-Africa relations at a time of waning… Read more »

Africa: The Value of Strong Multilateral Cooperation in a Fractured World

The multilateral system, even in the face of heightened geopolitical tension and big power rivalry, remains the uniquely inclusive vehicle for managing mutual interdependencies in… Read more »

Africa: Africa Wants IMF Special Drawing Rights Re-Allocated to Finance Its Development

African countries, many reeling under high debt and experiencing economic recession, could benefit from the reallocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR), financial instruments of… Read more »

Africa: The UN Keeps Shrinking - Amid Pandemic Lockdowns & Flexible Working Hours

A new variant of Covid-19, spreading across New York city, is forcing businesses, banks and high-powered financial institutions to re-introduce flexible working hours after a brief… Read more »

Africa: The Year of Inflation Exposes Dogma and Class Bias

Inflation worries topped Ipsos's What Worries the World survey in 2022 overtaking COVID concerns. The return of inflation caught major central banks, e.g., the US Federal Reserve… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Vast Arable Land Underused for Both Cash and Food Crops - Experts

Concerns are rife that while Africa is growing more crops, these are not for food and that on the current trajectory, present food import costs into Africa, now estimated at 55… Read more »

Africa: African Journalists: More Training & Resources will Boost Climate Change Coverage

At the end of a five-minute newscast from a makeshift studio in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the venue of COP27, Cotonou-based journalist Ghyslaine Florida Zossoungbo was able to… Read more »

Africa: An Oil Tanker Grounded Off Yemen Faces a Potential Humanitarian Disaster

The long-delayed salvaging of an abandoned tanker, the FSO Safer off the Yemeni coast, has been described as a humanitarian disaster waiting to happen. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Greening the City Gets Community Treatment in Zimbabwe

It's a typical story in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city. With the failure to provide services such as refuse collection by the local municipality, township residents dump… Read more »