All Eyes on Busan: Will World Leaders Deliver an Ambitious Global Plastics Treaty?

By Hellen Kahaso Dena* The final round of negotiations for the Global Plastics Treaty (25 November-1 December) is underway in Busan, South Korea. Delegates from over 175 nations have gathered to craft a legally binding agreement on the life cycle of plastics. NAIROBI, Kenya | 22 November 2024 (IDN) — Africa is drowning in plastics, […]

Zimbabwe Struggling to Save Dying Wetlands

By Sally Nyakanyanga* HARARE, Zimbabwe | 16 November 2024 (IDN) — Budiriro 1 and Budiriro 5, two high-density suburbs of Harare in Zimbabwe, were once separated by a wetland. Now, they are separated by “Budiriro 3 Extension”, an illegally built settlement of temporary homes. As a result of this development, important functions performed by the […]

What Promotion and Cultivation of Millet Means for Africa’s Food Security

By Shmuel Ja’Mba Abm* ACCRA, Ghana | 8 November 2024 (IDN) — The year 2023 was the year millet was declared by the United Nations as the Crop of the Year. Apart from its nutritional values, scientists have discovered, that millet doesn’t only reverse diabetes (type II) but it also prevents the onset of diabetes. […]

Tigray War 2020-2022 Documented

BRUSSELS (IDN) — A comprehensive three-volume series documenting the 2020-2022 Tigray War has beenreleased just ahead of the upcoming commemoration on November 3-4, marking both the start and ceasefire of this devastating conflict. This groundbreaking series explores how the war has irrevocably transformed the Tigray region. Drawing oncollaborative research between universities within and outside Ethiopia, […]

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