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How this seed bank network is rescuing Kenya’s indigenous seeds
Supporting community seed banks is therefore an investment not only in seeds, but in the farmers and communities who safeguard them.
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From our soil to the UN General Assembly: Africa’s women farmers demand change
From farms and rural communities across Africa to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), women farmers are calling for food and climate policies built on rights, ecological resilience, and their lived realities.
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UNGA81: Restoring trust will require more than climate promises
Against this backdrop, the theme of this year’s General Assembly is “Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All.” UNGA81 will bring leaders together for high-level discussions on climate action and the just transition, followed by a meeting on the existential threats posed by rising sea-levels.
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The East African Community Seed and Plant Varieties Bill, 2025 must protect the Farmers and Seed Systems that feed the region
These gains are uneven and still need stronger legal protection, but they show that quality assurance and farmers’ seed systems can coexist.
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From Awareness to Action: Meet the Ubunifu Hub Youth Program
The word Ubunifu means innovation and it is not only about technology, but about creating opportunities for young people to solve real problems facing their communities.
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When the land speaks back: Tanzania’s Maasai are rejecting carbon credits on their land. The world should pay attention.
Somewhere in northern Tanzania, a Maasai elder knows the name of every ridge on the rangeland his cattle have grazed for decades. He knows which valleys hold water in a dry season, which corridors to follow when the rains fail, which months to move and which months to stay.
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The rising lakes of Kenya’s Rift Valley are swallowing communities whole
This is not a flood story. Floods recede. This is something else entirely: a lake that has been swallowing the Rift Valley for over a decade, and the communities stranded at its edge, waiting for help that has not come.
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The challenges ahead remain significant. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental injustice continue to threaten both people and ecosystems
Defined by urgency and possibility for climate and environmental justice across Africa, 2025 saw the continent and communities face the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis: floods, droughts, displacement, and increasing pressure on livelihoods and ecosystems.
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
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From Recognition to Results: The African Union Commission must deliver in 2026
Recognition was important. But recognition alone would not protect forests, secure water or strengthen sovereignty. One year later, the question is no longer whether the African Union understands the stakes.