March 05
Africa: International Women's Day, 2025 - It's Time for a Feminist Woman Secretary General At the UN
In 2025, the United Nations will celebrate 80 years of shaping global policies, fostering peace, and driving international development. Yet, in those eight decades, not a single… Read more »
Tanzania: International Women's Day, 2025 - in Zanzibar, Women Turn the Tide With Sponge Farming
In the early morning, as the tide pulls away, Zulfa Abdallah ties her scarf tightly around her head. She adjusts her goggles, places a snorkel across her forehead, and wades into… Read more »
March 04
Africa: International Women's Day, 2025 - New Report Finds Sexist Laws Persist Worldwide
A new global report analyzing sex discrimination in laws reveals that while some commendable gains have been achieved in strengthening legal protections for women and girls over… Read more »
Africa: Changing Distribution of World Population
As the world's population increased five-fold since the start of the 20th century, the changes in the geographic distribution of the billions of people across the planet have been… Read more »
March 03
Tanzania: Tanzanian Speaker Calls for Urgent Investment in Youth to Harness Demographic Dividend
Speaker of the Tanzanian Parliament and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Tulia Akson, has called for bold and immediate investments in young people to unlock the… Read more »
Africa: COP16 Conference Made Key Steps Towards a More Just Transition for Indigenous Peoples & Peasant Communities
With global temperatures continuing to break records and every global indicator of the health of the natural world showing decline, the need to quickly move away from fossil fuels… Read more »
February 28
Africa: COP16 Agrees to Raise Funds to Protect Biodiversity
The second round of the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP16, concluded in the early hours of Friday, February 28 in Rome, with an agreement to raise the funds needed to protect… Read more »
February 27
Africa: African Leaders Challenged to Unite Against Energy Transition Mineral Oppressors
Renewable energy and climate change activists have challenged African heads of state to take a united stance to safeguard essential mineral resources, particularly in the… Read more »
Africa: The Impact of US Funding Freeze On Civil Society Around the World
The U.S. administration has the prerogative to review and adjust public expenditure policies, including foreign aid. However, this power must be exercised responsibly, adhering to… Read more »
February 26
Zimbabwe: Life-Changing Quarry Mining Shatters Lives in Zimbabwe
On Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo's eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug up by quarry miners in the vicinity of Pumula North, a high-density suburb in… Read more »
Africa: Governments Are Having a Hissy Fit Over It
Yeah, governments are having a hissy fit over it. And their hissy fit is not over the usual concerns of governments such as defense, the economy, trade, inflation, unemployment,… Read more »
February 25
Africa: America First Deepens World Stagnation
Donald Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) appeal captured US mass discontent against globalisation. In recent decades, variations of America First have reflected growing… Read more »
Africa: Outlook for 2025 - Strengthening the Foundations of Children's Futures
In 2025, the world is facing a new and intensifying era of crisis for children. Climate change, economic instability, and conflict are hitting harder and more often, intersecting… Read more »
February 24
Africa: Civil Society At the Finance in Common Summit Calls for Community-Led, Equitable, and Human Rights-Based Development
As public development banks gather for the Finance in Common Summit (FiCS) in Cape Town, South Africa, civil society and community activists from across the world are demanding a… Read more »
Africa: Is the UN's Human Rights Agenda in Jeopardy?
The UN's human rights agenda is in danger of faltering since the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) is planning to "restructure" the office,… Read more »
February 21
Sudan: Humanitarian Groups Face Challenges in Reaching the Sudanese Displaced Population
In the final quarter of 2024 ,there has been an escalation in the Sudanese civil war, with armed clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)… Read more »
Tanzania: How Tanzania's Farmers, Pastoralists Paid the Price for a World Bank Project
A hush had fallen over Mbarali District, but it was not the quiet of peace--it was the silence of uncertainty. Read more »
Africa: Where Do UN Member States Stand On a Feminist Secretary-General?
The selection of the next UN Secretary-General (UNSG) will be a pivotal moment in global efforts to resist authoritarianism and work together to address shared problems. Where do… Read more »
February 20
Zimbabwe: Blamed for 'Causing' Droughts - Zimbabwe's LGBTQI Community Faces Climate Crisis Head-On
Wrongfully accused of 'causing droughts,' a group of LGBTQI people in Zimbabwe involved themselves in climate-smart agriculture and are now showing the way to mitigate climate… Read more »
Africa: Science Under Threat - How Researchers Can Fight Back
Scientists like me across the U.S. are distressed following the many policy changes, funding elimination, and firings that have happened since President Trump took office. More… Read more »
Africa: Social Media in the Global South Needs More Protections
In the western world, numerous studies over the past two decades have shown that the rise of social media in popularity has been linked to negative mental health symptoms,… Read more »
Egypt: The Arab States Must Stop Trump - and Netanyahu - in Their Tracks
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. He taught courses on international… Read more »
February 18
Africa: Shaping AI Rules Through Trade Agreements
The inclusion of AI provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) has been steadily rising. Since 2019, when the China-Mauritius Free Trade Agreement first mentioned AI, PTAs… Read more »
February 17
Africa: Why a Global Tech Fund for the Poorest Countries Is a Smart Investment
The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development could catalyse coordinated action to close the financing gap and set the stage for a STI-driven transformation in the… Read more »
February 14
Africa: U.S. Pullout Gives Upper Hand to Human Rights Abusers Worldwide
When some of the world's "authoritarian and repressive regimes" were elected as members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) -including Cuba, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and the… Read more »
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