Africa: Race to Close Global Climate Finance Gaps Amid Escalating Climate Risks

The impact of climate change continues to devastate economies worldwide, creating a pressing need for all countries to significantly increase international climate finance. To… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Mung Bean Legislation Debate Underscores Farmers' Vulnerability

Kenyan farmers have faced a turbulent year, caught between legislative changes and a devastating scandal. While the country's Mung Bean Bill, aiming to regulate the lucrative mung… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Localization in Zimbabwe - a Critical Look At the Grand Bargain and Charter for Change

Localization has become a buzzword in international development, aiming to shift power and resources closer to the communities directly impacted by crises. Read more »

Africa: A Staggering 2.0 Billion Women Live in Poverty With No Access to Social Protection

The growing gender gap between men and women is reflected not only in the world's highest political hierarchies but also in the daily social and economic lives--with most women… Read more »

Africa: Abortion Is a Fundamental Human Rights Issue

The right to abortion is a human rights issue that no government agency, courts, local and state legislators, or anyone else has the right to violate or impede in any shape or… Read more »

Africa: Stigmatization Is the Entry Door for Repression and Violence

Information manipulation and misinformation are not new phenomena, but they have taken on exaggerated importance, especially with the massive use of social media. Read more »

Africa: World Told Act Now or Face 136 Years of Hunger, Report Warns

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Africa: When Will World Food Day Be a Day to Actually Celebrate?

World Food Day seems like it should be a time to celebrate. A day to eat delicious meals and enjoy the rich traditions and cultures of food around the globe. Read more »

Africa: The Future of Civic Freedoms - Lessons From My Time At Civicus

When I joined CIVICUS in 2019, I came in with two decades of work on influencing and monitoring public policies through grassroots and global activism. Joining CIVICUS as… Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe's Rural Areas, Bicycles Keep Girls in School

Rejoice Muzamani is studying in preparation for her next paper during the end-of-term examinations at Mwenje Primary School in Chiredzi, southeast Zimbabwe. Read more »

Africa: Agroecology - the Game-Changing Solution to Global Food, Climate and Conflict Crises

Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent… Read more »

Africa: May Teacher Voices Echo Around the Globe

We must build a new social contract for education - a contract based on equality, equity, and universal human rights. At the center of our global efforts to ensure education for… Read more »

Africa: Why Africa Should Embrace Territorial Markets to Withstand Climate Shocks and Crises

African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems… Read more »

Africa: Brics+ Prioritising Expansion to Fight Western Hegemony

In an interview with Sky News Arabia on September 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed scepticism but was straight to the point about the strategic expansion of… Read more »

Africa: It's Time for Rich Polluters to Pay for the Climate Crisis They Created

The world is standing at a critical juncture. Climate change is not just a future threat--it's here, and it's already devastating lives. From record-breaking heat waves to floods… Read more »

Africa: TikTok and WHO Join Efforts to Combat Misinformation

Today's digital age is centered around TikTok, the short-form social media platform that hosts around 1 billion global users. Sensationalized or reductive videos often get the most… Read more »

Africa: How the Geneva Consensus Declaration Threatens International Cooperation and Development

Last week, UN member states adopted the Pact of the Future - and its two annexes: the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration for Future Generations. These action-oriented… Read more »

Africa: Uptick in Mpox Cases Raises Concern Among Health Officials

Yesterday, India's Federal Health Ministry reported the nation's first documented case of mpox. The infected individual was reported to have contracted the clade Ib strain of the… Read more »

Sudan: Flooding and Armed Conflict Aggravates Sudan's Cholera Epidemic

Sudan has been plunged into a deadly cholera outbreak in the midst of the Sudanese Civil War. Sudan is currently home to an approximate 15 million people, many of which have had to… Read more »

Africa: Dying for a Cause - Environmental Defenders in the Firing Line

In 2017, South African activist Nonhle Mbuthuma took a stand against the powerful oil giant Shell, halting their plans to explore the pristine Wild Coast. Read more »

Africa: World Governments, NGOs Announce $350m Investments in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

On the heels of the Summit of the Future and the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Meeting Week, governments and philanthropies pledged to commit at least USD 350 million… Read more »

Africa: The Crucial Connection Between Climate Change and Mental Health

Climate change is driving a mental health crisis and accelerating eco-anxiety. Dr. Emma Lawrance is leading Climate Cares, Imperial College London, a centre dedicated to research… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania's Maasai Women Adopt Climate-Smart Solutions to Tame Drought

In the scorching sun of Mikese village in Tanzania's eastern Mvomero district, 31-year-old Maria Naeku tirelessly tends to her small vegetable patch. Each time she pulls a weed,… Read more »

Somalia: Violence, Displacement, and Hunger Plagues Somalia

Somalia is currently in the midst of a dire humanitarian crisis that threatens to destabilize the nation's security. This crisis is a result of the Somali Civil War, which began in… Read more »

Africa: Net Zero By 2050 Delays Needed Urgent Climate Action

Net zero emissions by 2050 prioritise mitigation for climate stabilisation. Pledges to achieve this still distant target have grown but inadvertently delay urgently needed climate… Read more »