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What next for leaderless Syria, once the Mideast’s hub?

The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is the Middle East equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It left the region’s...

Syria: Between “Collective Failure” and “World War III”

Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Armed Conflicts Kurds celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Qamishlo, the main city in...

How a revered starchy side dish helped choose Ghana’s next president

Want to understand why opposition candidate John Mahama was elected president of Ghana this weekend?Look no further than the country’s favorite food, a fermented...

2024 Still on Track to Be First Full Year That Breached...

Data from the first 11 months of 2024 reaffirmed that the globe is set to pass a grim mile stone this year, according to...

Hyprop Wraps Up Another Year of Partnering With the Santa Shoebox...

Hyprop has celebrated another year of partnership with the Santa Shoebox Project. Throughout 2024, Hyprop's eight malls have donated a total of 74 751...

Plastics, Power, and Politics: The High-Stakes Fight for a Global Treaty

Civil Society, Climate Change, Economy & Trade, Environment, Global, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Local people from Watamu, Kenya, work with Local...

Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to...

TAMESNA, Morocco -- After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on...

First 12-team CFP set: Oregon seeded No. 1, SMU edges Alabama...

The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative.Perfect or 100% fair? Well, nobody ever...

How farming is transforming lives for South Africa’s deaf population

At the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, farm workers are busy tilling the soil and planting tomatoes and lettuce. Despite the...

Feminist literature under fire: The ‘Cometierra’ controversy in Argentina

Collage with the cover of the novel “Cometierra,” by Dolores Reyes. Image created with Canva by Global Voices.At the beginning of November, Argentine feminist...

‘Dirty and Dumb!’ Trump May Cancel Contracts to Electrify USPS Fleet

As part of President-elect Donald Trump's mission to roll back the Biden administration's climate policies, the Republican may cancel contracts to electrify the U.S....

Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered a public show of support Friday for Pete Hegseth, his choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by...

In Pictures: Old Town Christmas Festival 2024

The Old Town Christmas Festival had been rescheduled from Sunday, November 24 to Sunday, December 1 following flooding during Storm Bert and...

China’s ban on key high-tech materials could have broad impact on...

BANGKOK -- China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and...

UNCCD COP16 Raises Hopes for Ambitious Global Land Action

Combating Desertification and Drought, Conferences, Conservation, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Gender, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Migration & Refugees,...

Climate Finance Not Charity, But Obligation, International Court of Justice hears

Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Climate Change Justice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Least Developed Countries, Middle East & North Africa, Pacific Community...

Meet the Banks and Investors Funding the LNG ‘Carbon Bomb’

Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors...

Biden Administration Takes ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Climate Position at ICJ

The Biden administration faced backlash from scientists, advocacy groups, and vulnerable Pacific islands on Wednesday for arguing before the United Nations' highest court that...

In Malawi, sex and mental health can be taboo topics. Not...

The weekly radio show “Spot On: Kalikonse Tikadziwe” takes on topics that are taboo in the village of Undi and throughout Malawian society. Today’s...

Japan’s famous sake joins UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, a boost to...

LUQUE, Paraguay -- Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas,...

Conservation Agriculture Transforming Farming in Southern Africa

Africa, Climate Action, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations | Analysis Food and Agriculture ...

North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over ‘Decades of Deception’ on...

The town of Carrboro, North Carolina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the utility company Duke Energy of carrying out a "knowing deception campaign concerning...

Where Nazis first won office, Germans are voting for right-wing extremists

Just down a thickly forested road from the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial here in the historic city of Weimar, a young mother wrangling her...

‘Right Thing to Do’: FERC Delays Controversial LNG Export Terminal

Frontline communities along the Gulf Coast were granted a "temporary reprieve" last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission moved to pause its approval...

TikTok Ad Awards Announces 2024 South African Winners

The inaugural TikTok Ad Awards 2024 ceremony has taken place in Dubai, at Upside. The event has celebrated standout brands and agencies across the...

How an App Transformed Farming for Rural Tanzanian Women

Active Citizens, Africa, Artificial Intelligence, Civil Society, Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Green Economy, Headlines, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals,...

Update on contested plan to open pharmacy in ‘much-needed’ location

Priesh Patel and his family have spent the last few months trying to set up a healthcare hub inside the High Street...

Inside Africa

Bita Water Project, Angola | Advising the Ministry of Finance of the...

African news, analysis and opinion

On paper, Senegal has the resources to support its ambition to become the African continent’s next economic powerhouse, with its population, oil windfall and...

Absa Renews Sponsorship of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES

Absa has renewed its commitment as title sponsor of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES, a partnership that began in 2021 during the Covid-19...

Focus on Africa: IPBES Plenary Session Makes Inaugural Visit to Biodiverse...

Africa, Biodiversity, Conservation, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Biodiversity Springbok in Sossusvlei, Namibia. IPBES 11...

Ugandan Disability Rights Mental Health Advocate Honored

(New York) – Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership...

‘The People Always Pay’: Report Details How LNG Tax Breaks Harm...

How do local communities lose out when governments invest in fossil fuel facilities instead of community needs? That's the question at the heart of...

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beaten in Cameroon

On November 27, gendarmes in Cameroon arrested and severely beat prominent human rights lawyer Richard Tamfu in the country’s largest city, Douala. The vicious...

Small Island States Urge International Court to Look Beyond Climate Treaties

Caribbean Climate Wire, Climate Change, Climate Change Finance, Climate Change Justice, Editors' Choice, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, International Justice, Least...

‘Monumental Victory for the Ocean’: Norway Halts Plans for Deep-Sea Mining

Environmental organizations cheered as Norway's controversial plans to move forward with deep-sea mining in the vulnerable Arctic Ocean were iced on Sunday. The pause was...

‘Frontlines of a Crisis We Did Not Create’: Low-Lying Nations Make...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard arguments Monday in the largest climate case ever brought before it as a coalition of low-lying and...

Confronting the Global Crisis of Land Degradation

Civil Society, Climate Action, Climate Change, Editors' Choice, Environment, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion The 16th session of the...

The Biggest Delegation at Plastic Treaty Talks? Plastic Industry Lobbyists

At the fifth and final session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to finalize a global plastics treaty in Busan, South Korea, one...

The COP29 is over, and so is the spotlight on Azerbaijan

Image by Arzu Geybullayeva.The 29th session of the United Nation's flagship climate summit, also known as COP (Conference of Parties), just wrapped up in...

Drought in Somalia is forcing thousands of climate refugees to Kenya’s...

A screenshot of an old woman at the Dadaab Refugee Camp from the documentary Radio Dadaab by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), used with...

Maine Becomes Latest State to Sue Oil Giants Over Climate Deception

Maine on Tuesday joined a group of eight other U.S. states that have sued major oil and gas companies for deceiving the public about...

Critics Call COP29 Climate Finance Draft ‘Slap in the Face’ by...

With the United Nations' annual climate summit scheduled to end Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups denounced the latest draft finance deal, which would...

‘Unacceptable’: Campaigners Decry Climate Finance Failures as COP29 Enters Final Hours

As the clock winds down at the UN climate summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, green groups are sounding the alarm Thursday following the...

Nearly 300 Green Groups Urge Biden to Block LNG Expansion Ahead...

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan draws to a close and the second presidency of Donald Trump approaches, nearly 300...

Country Profile : DRC Water

The DRC is the most water-rich country in Africa. It accounts for approximately 52 percent of Africa's surface water reserves and 23 percent of...

Mobilizing finance to build climate-resilient, sustainable African cities

In Africa, the current population of around 1.1 billion will double by 2050 and more than 80% of that increase will occur in cities....

Interview with Seth M. Siegel – Prominent Water Expert

Question ADM: Why Water? Answer Seth: I got involved with water policy issues for two reasons: First, there aren't enough people talking about water, whether...

Water Realities

In the Agrifrica Digital Magazine we covered the realities of Water from various countries. Hereunder the snapshot of a few Countries Challenges & Solutions,...

Why Water?

When we launched Agrifrica.com, we thought about the issues around the Future of Earth and our collective well-being. We discussed about the important elements...

Can Zambia be an Energy Powerhouse

Zambia generates practically all its energy production from its own primary resources: biomass, coal, and hydroelectricity, with flagship plants such as the power station...

Start-up Alivo: solar energy to run traffic lights in Benin

An ecological initiative that has been supported by the Beninese government for several months with the goal to create sustainable Benin's cities. Start-up Alivo...

Restoration work on the Camacupa hydroelectric dam

Restoration work on the Camacupa hydroelectric dam, located on the Cunje I river in Angola's Bié province, will soon resume. This project is being...