Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C
Le FIDA et le Burkina Faso signent un nouvel accord de financement pour renforcer la résilience des petits exploitants aux changements climatiques et à d’autres chocs
Stories & Blogs FIDA (Story )Cet accord constitue le socle d’un investissement de 107 millions d’EUR à l’appui du Programme de renforcement de la résilience des petits producteurs (RESI-2P).
ECA trains Mauritanian experts in collaboration with national tax authority
Stories & Blogs IMF (Story )The ECA Office for North Africa concluded in Nouakchott a capacity building workshop on double tax treaty models
Sudan: UN expert warns of child recruitment by armed forces
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )An independent UN human rights expert on Monday expressed concern about the increased risk of recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups in Sudan, as the months-long war between rival militaries continues.
In Disaster's Wake, Libya’s Rivals Must Finalize Electoral Laws, Special Representative Tells Security Council
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )Rival parties in Libya must mobilize through dialogue to finalize electoral laws and enable presidential and parliamentary elections to take place.
Security Council, in Presidential Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo, Signals Readiness to Decide ‘Orderly’ MONUSCO Withdrawal by End of 2023
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )The Security Council adopted a presidential statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, commending the stabilizing actions of the MONUSCO and reiterating its call on all parties to continue their efforts to ensure full cooperation with it.
‘Reform or rupture’ says Guterres, calling for multilateralism to be remade for the 21st century
Stories & Blogs UN (Story )Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the United Nations’ raison d'être, to resolve global crises during times of “maximum danger and minimum agreement.”
Nairobi Declaration posts Africa’s bold climate solutions.
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )The Nairobi Declaration, issued by African leaders at the Africa Climate Summit in early September will serve as a basis for Africa’s common position in the global climate change process in the lead-up to the COP28 global climate conference.
How to salvage the SDGs in Africa
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )SDGs in Africa can not only be salvaged, but the process, allied to the continent’s Agenda 2063, can allow Africa to leapfrog into the fourth industrial age and become a major economic cog in the global superstructure.
Africa can overcome its challenges, says AU High Representative for Silencing the Guns
Stories & Blogs New African Magazine (Article )Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas (pictured above), the African Union’s High Representative for Silencing the Guns, talks candidly about the current political and economic status quo of Africa, the decline of democracy, the marginalisation of populations and why ins