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Africa: Barbados Pushes Mandatory Methane Financing Framework As African Parliaments Meet in Nairobi

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

Nairobi — Barbados Ambassador for Climate Change and Climate Vulnerable Forum representative Elizabeth Thompson has proposed exploring mandatory financing and legally binding mechanisms to compel countries to accelerate methane emissions reduction, warning that voluntary climate commitments are failing to deliver the urgency required to avert catastrophic global warming. Speaking virtually during the opening day of…

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Africa: Parliaments Can Help Create Inclusive Prosperity in Africa

eriinfo.com6 months ago018 mins

Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent’s population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet the structure of most African economies today is almost exactly the same as it was at independence six decades ago:…

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Africa: 60 Percent of Africans Don’t Believe Democracy Is Working in Their Interests – How Parliaments Can Fix the Problem

eriinfo.com9 months ago011 mins

Across Africa, democracy is being tested – by rising authoritarianism and military coups as well as a growing disconnect between citizens and the institutions meant to represent them. The latest flagship report from Afrobarometer, a pan African research network, delivers a powerful warning. Citizen Engagement, Citizen Power, released in July 2025, reports that over 60%…

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Africa: ‘Take Urgent Steps to Address Africa’s Digital Divide’ – Speaker of Parliament Urges African Parliaments

eriinfo.com10 months ago03 mins

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has urged African parliaments to take urgent steps to address the digital divide between countries and regions, citing the technological gap between the parliaments of Rwanda and Ghana as an example. He indicated that the uneven access to modern technology and digital tools across the continent was…