Africa
One must acknowledge something: Saudi Arabia impresses. Arriving in Riyadh today, you no longer see the same country that existed fifteen years ago. Construction sites are everywhere. Giant screens display…
Africa
Private finance for nature has increased more than tenfold in recent years, rising from USD 9.4 billion to over USD 100 billion, and could reach up to USD 1.45 trillion…
Africa
As the Human Rights Council prepares to convene on February 9, growing evidence links external support—to atrocities in the Darfur region, while the gum arabic trade emerges as a critical…
Africa
Over ecent months, a subtle yet profound shift has taken place in the way Morocco is treated within parts of the Arab world. There has been no formal diplomatic rupture,…
Africa
Briefing journalists based at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, Anita Kiki Gbeho, Officer in Charge of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), said Jonglei has become a…
Africa
Self-proclaimed Ghanaian prophet Ebo Noah is in the spotlight, especially on social media, for building a modern-day Noah’s Ark. After starting out as a social media sensation and the subject…
Africa
Southern Yemen is now at a major historical turning point, comparable to that of November 30, 1967, when the last British soldier left Aden, paving the way for the birth…
Africa
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the situation in South Kivu province has deteriorated sharply since 2 December due to heavy fighting across multiple territories,…
Africa
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has joined a growing international campaign to free French journalist Christophe Gleizes, after an Algerian appeals court confirmed a seven-year prison…
Africa
Leading French broadcaster France 24 has published what they describe as the first independently verified proof of chlorine gas being used as a chemical weapon during Sudan’s civil war, specifically…
