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Africa: Plastics, Power, and Politics - the High-Stakes Fight for a Global Treaty

Africa: Plastics, Power, and Politics – the High-Stakes Fight for a Global Treaty

Kerala, India — As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including ones on […]

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African Union, Nations Lay Bare Climate Vulnerabilities At UN's Top Court

African Union, Nations Lay Bare Climate Vulnerabilities At UN’s Top Court

Rising seas due to climate change threaten the future of Papua New Guinea, a country known for its significant linguistic and biodiversity. Already, this has forced people to abandon their ancestral lands and caused civil unrest as landowners fight over increasingly limited land and space. Kenya agrees with many UN member states testifying before the

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Africa: Financing Africa - Unlocking Sustainable Growth

Africa: Financing Africa – Unlocking Sustainable Growth

I recently came across the 2024 Ibrahim Forum Report, Financing Africa: Where is the Money? It offers a critical assessment of Africa’s financial landscape and lays bare the immense financial needs required to achieve sustainable development while providing actionable recommendations to bridge the resource gaps. With trillions of dollars needed to meet development and climate

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Africa: NBA Africa's Akamanzi On Sports Investment, Returns

Africa: NBA Africa’s Akamanzi On Sports Investment, Returns

Many African countries are recognising the economic potential of sports and entertainment, but there is a conviction that significant investments in talent and infrastructure are needed to fully capitalise on this opportunity. On the sidelines of the just concluded African Investment Forum in Rabat, Morocco, The New Times’ Alice Kagina caught up with Clare Akamanzi,

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Africa's Creative and Cultural Industries in Need of Local Support

Africa’s Creative and Cultural Industries in Need of Local Support

Culture plays an important role in the life any society. It is one of the decisive features of a society without which it loses its completeness. Like politics, economy and social relations, culture is one of the basic features if any society. The relationship between culture and society is not only organic but also defining.

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Africa: Some People Say They Have a High Pain Threshold. Here's Why

Africa: Some People Say They Have a High Pain Threshold. Here’s Why

We’ve all heard someone claim they have a “high pain threshold” as if it’s a mark of strength or resilience. But does science support the idea that some people genuinely feel less pain than others? Pain is an experience shaped by our psychology and social context, with many variables. In our interviews with children about

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Africa: 7 Dead As Inter Africa Bus Crashes Into Stationary Truck

Africa: 7 Dead As Inter Africa Bus Crashes Into Stationary Truck

THE festive season has kicked off on a tragic note after seven people died in a road traffic accident involving an Inter Africa bus and a truck along the Harare-Bulawayo highway Sunday morning. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the accident, adding that the total number of injured victims is still being assessed. ZRP national spokesperson,

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Africa: Starlink Satellites - Elon Musk's Other Destabilizing Power in Africa

Africa: Starlink Satellites – Elon Musk’s Other Destabilizing Power in Africa

The arrival of Starlink in Africa has shaken up the continent’s telecommunications market in less than two years. Developed by SpaceX, the company owned by South African tycoon Elon Musk, this satellite internet service not only offers significantly faster connection speeds than its competitors but also provides connectivity to rural areas far from terrestrial cable

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