May 24, 2022
Nigeria: Corruption Kills
Nigeria's accountant-general, the administrative head of the country's treasury, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly stealing 80 billion… Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: Youth Demand a Voice in Call-to-Action On Child Labour
Ashley has vast work experience. She has laboured by the sweat of her brow in the blistering sun on the streets of Guatemala, in the open fields on farmlands and indoors, toiling… Read more »
May 19, 2022
South Africa: As Covid Wanes, Tuberculosis Deaths Must Become Visible
It is time to treat the scourge of Tuberculosis scourge with the same urgency as we did the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
Africa: Debt Distress in Africa - Problems and Ways Forward
The COVID pandemic has had a profoundly negative impact on Africa's sovereign debt situation. Currently, 22 countries are either in debt distress or at high risk of debt distress. Read more »
May 17, 2022
Africa: Call to Invest 'Serious Resources' in Education, to Stem Tide of Child Labour
"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to eliminate child labour." So said Dennis Sinyolo, Director of Education International's African Regional Office in Accra,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Expected to Strongly Support Durban Call to Action On Child Labour
Global goals to eradicate child labour will not be achieved without a breakthrough in Africa, where most of the world's 160 million children entrapped in child labour work in rural… Read more »
Africa: Child Labour - No Quick End to Children Trapped in Tobacco Production
Despite World Day Against Child Labour launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO), little has changed over the past two decades for the millions of children… Read more »
Africa: From Child Laborer to Activist, Tara Banjara Asks World to Pledge to End the Scourge
Tara Banjara was four and a half years old when her parents put her to work on the roads, cleaning the garbage and rubble out of potholes to prepare for construction in Nemdi… Read more »
Africa: When Saviours Are the Problem
Central bank policies have often worsened economic crises instead of resolving them. By raising interest rates in response to inflation, they often exacerbate, rather than mitigate… Read more »
May 15, 2022
Africa: Alarm Bells for Africa, Child Labour in Agriculture Requires Urgent Action
The Global Estimate on Child Labour estimates 160 million children are in child labour worldwide - an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years - with millions more… Read more »
Africa: Youths' Strident Voices Demand an End to Child Labour
Children's voices took centre stage at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, which kicked off in Durban, South Africa, on May 15, 2022. Their voices… Read more »
May 13, 2022
Africa: Call to Freedom for Millions of Children Trapped in Child Labour As Global Conference Comes to Africa
Children washing clothes in rivers, begging on the streets, hawking, walking for kilometres in search of water and firewood, their tiny hands competing with older, experienced… Read more »
Africa: Ukraine War Creates New Crises in Global South
While the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is shaking up the European security order, other parts of the world are being particularly affected by the war's 'side effects'. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Deforestation in the Congo Basin Will Lead to Poverty
Growing up amid under the leafy canopy of the Congo Basin rainforest, the woodland was more than our home. It was our playground, our medicine cabinet, our teacher, our therapist.… Read more »
May 10, 2022
Ghana: 'I Fell For His Lies' - Human Trafficking Survivor Tells Her Story
"It feels like yesterday when I was deceived by one man who claimed to be a travelling agent. He promised me a work opportunity and a good salary," says 25-year-old Cissy, as she… Read more »
Africa: UN Secretary-General Must Be Non-Risk Averse, & Play a More Pivotal and Active Role
Mr. Vladimir Putin's illegal War of Aggression in Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022, brought into stark relief the fractured state of Global Peace and Security. Militarized… Read more »
Africa: Finance Drives World to Stagflation
The world is being pressed by financial interests to raise interest rates, ostensibly to check inflation. After the US Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, more central… Read more »
May 09, 2022
Zimbabwe: Press Freedom - One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward
For international journalist Jeffery Moyo, doing his job could land him in prison if Zimbabwe authorities have their way. Read more »
Africa: Food and Fertility Rates - What Governments Need to Do
People require food, with more people requiring more food and less people requiring less food. Despite that self-evident relationship, most governments appear reluctant to accept… Read more »
Africa: Education and Aid - Today Is the Time for Transformation
"I first think about my children. They are why we were forced to leave - because our children are always our first concern." Read more »
Africa: Soil Microbes Could Be an Alternative to Expensive Agricultural Fertilisers
Around the world, commercial fertilizer prices are soaring, pushing farmers and countries into a frenzy. In addition, soaring fertilizer prices are sparking fears of inflation,… Read more »
March 28, 2016
Malawi: Saving Children's Lives Through Drones
The first successful test-flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone was an unhindered 10 km journey from a community health centre to the Kamuzu central hospital… Read more »
August 05, 2014
Africa: Activists Urge Obama to Act On Extractive Industries Law
As the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit got underway here Monday, anti-corruption activists urged President Barack Obama to prod a key U.S. agency to issue long-awaited… Read more »
January 01, 2013
Ethiopia: The Rise of Ethiopia's Sole Rebels
Innovative Ethiopian footwear manufacturer Sole Rebels will open its second retail outlet in Taiwan this year. With ambitions to open 30 more franchise stores across the world in… Read more »
September 11, 2012
Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores
Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how… Read more »