Nairobi — Lawmakers have called for increased investment in indigenous foods and traditional farming systems as part of efforts to address food insecurity and malnutrition across Africa. The legislators say promoting traditional crops and improving access to balanced diets could help reverse poor nutrition outcomes while strengthening countries’ capacity to feed their populations. Mandera West…
-As Funding Cuts Threaten Reproductive Healthcare for Thousands MONROVIA, November 9, 2026: Liberia could record an additional 323 maternal deaths and 37,800 unsafe abortions annually if international funding cuts to family planning and sexual and reproductive health services continue, according to an analysis by the Informal Working Group on Reproductive Health and Rights (IWG). The…
Jensen Huang, co-founder, president and CEO of Nvidia, gestures during a press briefing in Paris on Oct. 13, 2026. Joel Saget | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s close ties to the U.S. government were already poised to loosen with Democrats winning control of Congress and promising far more oversight of AI development…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog must decide who gets the first attempt at forming a government, after an inconclusive election left both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, short of a parliamentary majority. Herzog has said he will task a candidate with forming a government on Sunday. Eisenkot has…
Infrastructure, youth development and investment in human capital emerge as key measures of success as Senegal hosts maiden Youth Olympic Games on African soil As Africa welcomes the Olympic rings for the first time, the success of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games will be measured by more than medals, records and sporting performances, with…
COP17 | UN biodiversity summit faces final-day deadlock over $700 billion finance gap and corporate contributions COP 17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment, Armenia. PHOTO/IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP17) is heading towards its conclusion on Friday amid unresolved disagreements over biodiversity financing, corporate contributions, benefit-sharing…
LUBBOCK, Texas — On the day a sitting president landed in their town for the first time in 34 years, people waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks in this reliably red city. But this crowd on the east side of the city wasn’t waiting for President Donald Trump. They wanted to see…
Washington — U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff faced immediate backlash Wednesday for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” after he released 74-year-old Stephen Hubbard, an American who had been imprisoned in Russia for four years and who had been determined to be wrongfully detained. “You talk so much about my president, President Trump,…
Greenpeace warns of ‘Irreversible Ecosystem Collapse’ as UN biodiversity summit faces crucial test Climate and biodiversity crises are interconnected and require coordinated government action. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greenpeace has urged governments attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) to move beyond acknowledging failures and adopt concrete measures to halt biodiversity loss and prevent irreversible…
Less than a month before the UN climate conference COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, representatives of three successive summit presidencies gathered to address a pressing question: How can the world restore trust in climate action when the consequences of a warming planet are already being felt? The devastation in Nepal offered a stark reminder of…
