July 26, 2022
Africa: Africa Taken for 'Neo-Colonial' Ride
Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been… Read more »
July 25, 2022
Kenya: Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering
The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the fisher community along Kenya's 1,420-kilometer Indian Ocean coastline. Read more »
West Africa: An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis
Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, Dakar Read more »
Africa: We're On the Cusp of the Most Catastrophic Food Crisis in 50 Years - Where Is the Global Response?
A growing mountain of data and analysis points to an unprecedented global crisis in the making, due to the convergence of "Four Cs" (Conflict, Covid, Climate and Costs). Read more »
July 22, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Turns to Boreholes Amid Groundwater Level Concerns #AfricaClimateCrisis
Faced with cyclical droughts and low water levels in supply dams, Zimbabwe is turning to boreholes for relief, raising concerns about already precarious groundwater levels across… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Africa: 'The Africa We Want Is Still Within Reach'
Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United nations, in an address to the Joint High Level Dialogue on Africa, 20 July 2022. Read more »
East Africa: East African Countries Seek Cross-Border Cooperation to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
For many years, East African countries were considered wildlife trafficking hotspots. Now conservation organisations have started to mobilise all stakeholders to combat the illegal… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Uganda: Smallholder Farmers Recruit Black Soldier Fly for Green Fertiliser
The conflict in Ukraine has led to an increase in fertiliser prices in Uganda and neighbouring Kenya. Amidst the shortages, some farmers are shifting to a more sustainable way of… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Uganda: Most Suspended NGOs Still in Limbo
Nearly a year after the Ugandan government suspended 54 NGOs for allegedly operating illegally and failing to file accounts, most civil society organisations (CSOs) remain shut. Read more »
Africa: A New World Order Is Dawning - but Will It Be Liberal or Illiberal?
With the invasion of Ukraine, Russia effectively destroyed the European peace order. Now, Europe needs to find ways to contain its aggressive neighbour, while its traditional… Read more »
South Africa: Xenophobia - Too Black... or Just Too Poor?
South Africa, the home land of the late giant fighter against Apartheid, racism and discrimination - Nelson Mandela "Mandiba", is already 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Africa: Food Security - We Are Still Going Backwards
This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and designated FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean (1 August 2022) Read more »
Africa: News Fatigue, Anti-Vax and Wars
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. - Michel de Montaigne Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Aid for Power in New Cold War
Long a means for powerful nations to influence developing countries, development finance has gained renewed significance in the new Cold War. Unlike during the US-Soviet Cold War,… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Africa: What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
The writer is Director, Population Division of the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Read more »
July 08, 2022
Africa: New IPBES Report Offers Options for Sustainable Use of Wild Species
Fifty thousand wild species meet the needs of billions of people worldwide, providing food, cosmetics, shelter, clothing, medicine and inspiration. But now, a million species of… Read more »
Africa: Intersecting Crises Are Impeding the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
This week marks the mid-way point to the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and with it the release of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022. Read more »
July 07, 2022
South Africa: Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment
Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due to war, famine, or political and economic instability in their… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Cameroon: Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge to Preserve Our Forests
A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land… Read more »
Africa: The Camel, the Needle - and the UN's First Woman Secretary-General
A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a woman to become the Secretary-General of the United… Read more »
July 05, 2022
East Africa: The Rape of the Indian Ocean - the Story of the Yellowfin Tuna
Over the last past several decades marine fish stocks worldwide have been under intense threat. There have been many high sounding declarations and agreements to reduce catch… Read more »
Africa: Animals Are Core to Pandemic Prevention - We Must Strengthen Their Defences
The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association Read more »
Africa: Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements
Long seen as means to seek advantage on the pretext of providing mutual benefit, free trade agreements (FTAs) may increasingly be used as economic weapons in the emerging new Cold… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: EU's Exclusionary Migration Policies Place People On the Move At Greater Risk
A mass attempt on June 24, 2022, of about 2000 African migrants to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 37 people dead. Read more »
Africa: Nature-Positive Ventures Crucial for Continent's Future - Experts
Africa's unique natural capital assets were the center of conversation at the 2022 Africa Green Economy Conference. Held in a hybrid format from June 27 to 30, participants… Read more »