Thirteen years of extended conflict, economic downturns, and multiple earthquakes, has left Syria in the midst of a severe humanitarian crisis. Hostilities remain abundant across all of Syria’s ...
Trump’s trade policy blends aggressive tariffs, legal manoeuvring and transactional diplomacy. But could he really blow up the global trade system? The Trump team make the mistake of thinking about ...
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, carries his frustration as visibly as he carries his passport.To travel across the ...
Despite being the sons of Africa, the hundreds of soldiers who served in non-combat roles between 1914 and 1918 have been ...
The global plastics negotiation process, launched in 2022 under a resolution by the UN Environment Assembly, represents an ...
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity ...
On January 15, 2025, the long-awaited ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas was approved, bringing the first bout of relief for the people of the Gaza Strip after 15 months of conflict. This has ...
To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 aspirations, Africa requires an additional $1.3 – 1.6 ...
Perhaps one of the UN’s most ambitious and longstanding projects – the launching of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)– is aimed, among other things, at helping developing nations eradicate ...
Corporate-dominated food systems are responsible for widespread but still spreading malnutrition and ill health. Poor diets worsen non-communicable diseases (NCDs), now costing over eight trillion ...
Rural women in Latin America continue to face serious obstacles to land tenure, which leave them vulnerable, despite their growing importance in food production and food security.
January 20 is celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement who fought for equality ...