International News
Statement: Women and Girls Must Be at the Heart of the Fight for Climate Justice
Jun 5, 2021
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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women
Gender equality and climate justice are inextricably linked. In any climate crisis, it is women and girls who often face the greatest impacts from environmental…
Sudan: $23.6 Million to Preserve Biodiversity and Ecotourism in Three Parks
Jun 3, 2021
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Inès Magoum, Afrik 21
The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations (UN), and the Sudanese government are mobilising $23.6 million for the preservation of biodiversity in Dinder National…
Liberia: EPA, Conservation International Mainstream Gender in Liberia’s Fight Against Climate Change
Jun 3, 2021
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Gerald C. Koinyeneh, Front Page Africa (FPA)
In a bid to boost Liberia’s fight against Climate Change, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International (CI) have embarked on a project to…
Cameroon: Sexual Violence Pervasive in Cameroon’s Anglophone Regions
May 29, 2021
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Jess Craig, Al Jazeera
Every day, Gladys, a 33-year-old vendor in Buea, the capital of Cameroon’s Southwest region, heads to Muea market to sell vegetables, sweets and other food…
Climate Change: Scorched Earth: The Climate Impact of Conflict
May 28, 2021
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Stuart Braun, Deutsche Welle
Militaries around the world are under pressure to rapidly reduce their own outsized carbon "bootprint" to help limit global heating — and future climate conflict.
Liberia: Awareness Campaign on Dissemination of Information on Land Rights Acts Begins across Liberia
May 28, 2021
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Selma Lomax, FrontPage Africa
A nationwide awareness campaign on the dissemination of information on the Land Rights Act (LRA) and the Liberia Land Authority Act (LLAA) has begun across…
Minerals Council Appoints First Woman President in 131 Years
May 27, 2021
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Gerard Peter, Mining Review Africa
Nolitha Fakude has been appointed as president of the Minerals Council South Africa. This is the first time in the 131 year history of the organisation…
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Discovers New Deposits of Diamond, Bauxite, Iron Ore, Gold, Rutile and Nickel
May 27, 2021
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Abdul Rashid Thomas, Sierra Leone Telegraph
Sierra Leone, one of the poorest nations in the World despite an abundance of mineral resources valued at Trillions of Dollars, has announced new discovery…
Figure of the Week: Closing the Gender Gap to Reduce Food Insecurity in Africa
May 26, 2021
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Tamara White, Brookings Institute
In April of this year, the Oxford Business group released its “Agriculture in Africa 2021: Focus Report”. This report outlines the region’s export potential and…
Drought Fueling Western Wildfires, Water Wars, Legal Conflicts
May 25, 2021
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Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law
The historic dry conditions desiccating the West will pit “tribe against tribe” and “fish against fish” as they compete for the last available drops of…
Sudan: Military Gender Advocate of the Year Highlights ‘Crucial Gender Dimensions’ in Darfur
May 24, 2021
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UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres lauded 32-year-old Military Gender Advisor Steplyne Nyaboga who served in the recently completed UN-African Hybrid Union Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), for the…
Afghanistan: Afghan Villagers Pour out Life’s Savings to Build Reservoirs
May 20, 2021
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Sayed Salahuddin, Arab News
First, the water wells and natural springs went dry. Then, the karez and qanats (ancient underground irrigation tunnels) ran out of water, too, forcing thousands…
Kenya: Women and Youth Are Leading Kenya’s Coral Reef Revival
May 14, 2021
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Sophie Mbugua, Climate Home News
Five years ago, 20-year-old Said Abdallah was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction while living on Wasini Island, located in the Indian Ocean, 3 kilometres…
Chile: Chile Indigenous: Time to Make Our Voices Heard
May 14, 2021
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BBC
Replacing it had been one of the demands made in nationwide protests which swept through the country in 2019. This weekend, Chileans are being asked to…
Kurdistan: Kurdistan Amends Repayment Terms to IOCs, Citing Higher Oil Prices, Pandemic Stress
May 13, 2021
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Herman Wang, S&P Global Platts
The Kurdistan Regional Government plans to slash payments owed for previous shortfalls to international oil producers operating in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, citing the…
DRC: DR Congo to Suffer $4bn Shortfall from Gertler Contracts: Activists
May 12, 2021
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Agence France-Presse
The Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to suffer a shortfall of nearly four billion dollars from mining and oil contracts that it signed…
Myanmar: Myanmar’s Anti-Coup Protesters Defy Rigid Gender Roles – and Subvert Stereotypes about Women to Their Advantage
May 12, 2021
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Ei Hlaing, The Conversation
One of the first signs of the military coup that overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected civilian government was a Facebook Live video of regional lawmaker Pa Pa Han being arrested,…
Myanmar: Gender-Based Violence in Myanmar and the Military Coup
May 12, 2021
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Matthew Brown, Borgen Magazine
Myanmar has long struggled as a multicultural society governed primarily through the ethnic Burmese-led military known as the Tatmadaw. The conflict exists since gaining independence…
Lebanon/Syria: Syrian Landmines Wash into Lebanon Due to Floods
May 12, 2021
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Najia Houssari, Arab News
As authorities continue to find and extract landmines left behind from the Lebanese Civil War, a new wave of explosives has entered the country’s border…
Indonesia: Feature-Eco-friendly Eid - the Indonesian Women on a Mission to Plant Trees
May 12, 2021
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Harry Jacques, Reuters
On a grass verge by a road dissecting miles of rice fields in Central Java province, a group of volunteers with ‘Aisyiyah, Indonesia’s oldest Islamic…
Vietnam: Agent Orange Case: After Defeat, Woman, 79, Vows to Keep Up Fight
May 12, 2021
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Alexander Durie, Al Jazeera
The landmark trial between a 79-year-old Vietnamese-French woman and 14 chemical multinationals was always going to be a David and Goliath legal battle. Trần Tố Nga…
Liberia: Pres. Weah to Constitute Committee to Probe Nimba Land Dispute
May 10, 2021
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Global News Network
President George Manneh Weah has disclosed plan to set up a committee that will be charged with the responsibility to thoroughly investigate the land dispute…
Afghanistan: Women, Girls, and Afghanistan’s Missing Justice
May 10, 2021
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The New Humanitarian
Rights groups say girls were the clear target of the 8 May violence, when a series of explosions erupted as many students were leaving class.…
United States: Why Indigenous Women are Risking Arrest to Fight Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline through Minnesota
May 10, 2021
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Hilary Beaumont, Environment Health News
After a six-year-long permitting process, Enbridge contractors in Minnesota are building Line 3, the largest project in the company's history. If completed, it will carry…
Afghanistan: At Least 19 Killed after Flash Floods in Western Afghanistan
May 5, 2021
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Anadolu Agency
At least 19 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy downpour in Afghanistan's western Herat province, the country's officials said Tuesday. Heavy rains…
Philippines: Tausug Women in Conflict Areas Find Solution to Food Security
May 5, 2021
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Liza Abubakar-Jocson, Manila Bulletin
A simple gardening program in Sulu is bringing soldiers and residents together to address the root of poverty and conflict in island communities. Tausug women…
Kyrgyzstan/Tajikistan: Four Die as Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Armies Clash on Disputed Border
Apr 29, 2021
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Associated Press
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan traded blame on Thursday for cross-border shelling and clashes that left at least four people dead and dozens injured in a conflict…
Vietnam: Gender Equality Integration Crucial to Climate Policies in Vietnam
Apr 29, 2021
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Vietnam Plus
Adding the gender issue to climate change policies is crucial to promoting gender equality in Vietnam, according to Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategy…
UAE: UAE Launches Drive to Empower Female Afghan Farmers
Apr 28, 2021
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National
The UAE is launching an innovative drive to help empower Afghan female farmers. It will facilitate the sale of organic produce grown by the women,…
Kuwait: UN Gulf War Reparations Body Pays out $380 mln
Apr 27, 2021
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Reuters
The United Nations Gulf War reparations body said on Tuesday it paid out a further $380 million for losses due to Iraq's 1990 invasion and…