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Africa 2026 floods: How climate change and poor planning are drowning a continent
Every rainy season, the water comes for us. And every season, we call it a disaster, as if we did not watch it approach.
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The double standard of toxic pesticides and the legal case for corporate accountability in Africa
Africa’s food sovereignty and public health should never be the collateral damage of global chemical dumping. For years, a silent but deadly double standard has played out across the African continent, hiding in plain sight within our agricultural value chains.
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Ghana’s deadly floods are not a natural disaster. They’re a wake up call
Picture this. Monday night, close to 1am and my mother sends me a string of videos. I was fast asleep at that time, so they were the first thing I woke up to. It hit me like an alarm…a bad dream. My dear grandmother's home was flooded. Inundated. Unrecognizable.
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A tale of two oceans: Celebrating whale migration in South Africa as whale dies on Atlantic shores of DRC
As the whale festival season reminds us of the beauty and majesty of these incredible creatures, let the loss at Muanda remind us of our responsibility. Whales don’t have a voice to protest the plastic in their bellies or the ships cutting through their homes. We have to be that voice.
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Minerals, not mercy: what Kenya must learn before signing away its resources
When President Ruto stood on the sidelines of the G7 summit and announced Kenya was close to a minerals deal with the United States, the language used was the language of partnership: investment, not aid. In country processing, not extraction. A new chapter, not a repeat of the old one.
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Bonn climate talks end with key questions unresolved ahead of COP31
Slow progress on climate finance, just transition, and fossil fuel phase-out highlights the growing disconnect between political negotiations and the urgency of the climate crisis.
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Welcome to the Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya. Please ignore the sewage.
The 11th Our Ocean Conference - the first ever held on African soil - brings together governments, corporations, scientists and civil society organisations under the sweeping banner of "Our Ocean, Our Heritage, Our Future."The venue is Mombasa. A city drowning. Not metaphorically. Literally.
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Meru’s elephants have a maternity area. Kenya is building an airstrip right next to it.
Every dry season, the elephants of Mt. Kenya come home to Imenti. It is where they return when water grows scarce elsewhere.
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Initial White smoke from Bonn: As we pave the way for the COP 31 in Turkiye, what’s happened so far?
The first week has seen countries push to make progress on climate action, including on items such as climate finance, climate adaptation, mitigation, just transition, energy, ambition as anchored in the Paris Agreement.
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World Food Safety Day 2026: Africa’s Youth to Leaders – If It Is Not Safe, It Is Not Food
On 7th June, governments and institutions around the world marked World Food Safety Day with statements, commitments, and carefully worded pledges. My generation marked it differently, with questions about why the food system that is supposed to feed our future is poisoning it instead.