Africa is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. But much of its biodiversity remains poorly studied. Research from the continent contributes to less than 1% to global scientific output. This pattern is often explained by limited investment in research. Governments in sub-Saharan Africa allocate, on average, only about 0.4% of their gross domestic…
When I was a child in Cameroon, I learned a strange contradiction at school. One day, our teacher explained: “Cameroon has an immensely rich subsoil. Deposits of oil and gas, cobalt, bauxite, gold, diamonds, and iron. Our soils are so fertile that we could feed more than half of Central Africa.” The next day, the…
There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend on critical minerals. But many of the communities where those minerals are mined end up with polluted…
Nigeria’s sports facilities expert, Ebi Egbe, has congratulated Mr. Samson Adamu, on his appointment as Ag. General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Egbe who is the CEO of Monimichelle Sports Facilities Limited said in his congratulatory message to Adamu that hard work and diligence earned the Nigerian that exalted position in CAF….
A Shahed-136 drone is displayed at a rally in western Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images In the aftermath of the Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran, American allies in the Persian Gulf are hearing a sound that Ukrainian soldiers have long come to dread: the foreboding hum of the Shahed-136…
Our countries did not light this fire–but we are burning in its heat. And the smoke does not stop at our borders. –Evans Njewa, Least Developed Countries Group chair, when talking about the importance of the Loss and Damage Fund for LDCs BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 13 2025 (IPS) – Least Developed Countries have hailed the…
OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded on its journey to the wreck of the Titantic because of poor engineering and multiple failures to test the vessel, according to an official report. Titan imploded in June 2023, killing all five passengers on board including OceanGate’s chief executive. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found the engineering process…
How lived poverty blocks climate action in Africa No. 13 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. It aims to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters across all countries. Additionally, it calls upon governments to integrate climate-change measures…
For seven decades, poor countries wanting to get rich have turned again and again to dams. For the post-independence leaders of Egypt and Ghana in the 1950s, hydroelectricity and sovereignty were inextricably linked. Building vast irrigation and electricity projects across the Nile and the Volta was a prerequisite if they were to catch up with…
