Although they have decreased significantly, humanitarian needs will nevertheless remain significant this year in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN warned on Thursday; noting that with 50% of the population not having enough to ...
Most countries by now agree that a transition away from fossil fuel production or consumption to renewables is inevitable, but a key issue is the continent’s right to a just transition. African countries recognize the ...
The report, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), describes the current state of national food systems, providing a baseline that can ...
Climate change appears to be one of the main factors of migration in Africa. The COP 28 conference in Dubai was marked this Sunday by events organized on the occasion of World Human Rights Day. ...
This year’s conference to mark the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention had the theme “A living force in global society: the legacy of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime ...
The DRC government must act against ethnic violence in the country. Above all, it must develop effective and more serious measures to stem this type of violence. Perpetrators of ethnic violence must be held accountable, ...
The Africa’s peoples, who are experiencing some of the worst effects of rising global temperatures, need serious action to respond to deadly climate extremes. Last week, in the streets of Dakar, rural Senegalese women demanding ...
For several decades, the Congolese people, under the pressure of multiple crises, have been deprived of their most fundamental rights. For IOM, the DRC is facing one of the largest internal displacement and humanitarian crises ...
The Horn of Africa, where extreme weather events are occurring with increased frequency and intensity, is one of the region’s most vulnerable to climate change. At least 111 people, including 16 children, have died and ...