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4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

Agriculture

4 crucial steps to strengthen climate resilience against El Niño and La Niña

2 May 2024

Global polycrisis requires transformative philanthropy

CSI & Philanthropy

Global polycrisis requires transformative philanthropy

Issued by Next Generation 12 Mar 2024

Human Rights Law

ICJ calls for compliance to protect civilians in Rafah

19 Feb 2024

Professor Dire Tladi

Law Practice

Prof Tladi sworn in as SA's first permanent ICJ judge

7 Feb 2024

Minister Naledi Pandor will lead South Africa’s delegation at The Hague on Friday.

Human Rights Law

ICJ set to deliver ruling on genocide case against Israel

25 Jan 2024

Source: Unicef.

Public Health

#WEF24: Burden of disease is escalating in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2024

File photo: United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria, 13 February 023. Reuters/Firas Makdesi

Health & Welfare

UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

11 Dec 2023

AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'

Energy

African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

NJ Ayuk 10 Dec 2023

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Healthcare

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Team working at the Paarl distribution centre

Food, Water & Energy Security

Cape flood victims receive ForAfrika food hampers, more supplies needed

21 Jun 2023

Source: ©Accenture

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Cannes Lions & One Club show support for Ukraine

Danette Breitenbach 7 Mar 2022

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Mining

Congo lawmakers tell Barrick to secure mine perimeter after deadly protest

Hereward Holland 11 Nov 2021

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

Climate Change

Covid-19 economic impact failed to put brakes on climate change - WMO report

22 Apr 2021

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa meets his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in 2018. EPA-EFE/Lintao Zhang / POOL

Economy

President Mnangagwa claimed Zimbabwe was open for business. What's gone wrong

Henning Melber & Roger Southall 1 Feb 2021

Above-normal summer rainfall anticipated for 2020/21

Agro-processing

Above-normal summer rainfall anticipated for 2020/21

18 Nov 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Food, Water & Energy Security

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO

Food Security

We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020

Ford provides 50,000 face shields to assist Southern Africa

Manufacturing & Parts

Ford provides 50,000 face shields to assist Southern Africa

22 Jun 2020

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

Agro-processing

How digital technologies can help Africa's smallholder farmers

15 Jul 2019

Africa Food Security 11 via

Food Security

IPC releases new guidelines to enhance food insecurity, malnutrition analysis

26 Apr 2019

Cholera vaccines have been given to people in Beira after an outbreak following Cyclone Idai. EPA-EFE/Celeste Mac-Arthur

Public Health

Southern African countries won't manage disasters unless they work together

Chris Changwe 18 Apr 2019

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

Climate Change

Cyclone Idai 'yet another alarm bell' signalling impacts of climate change - Guterres

27 Mar 2019

Climate change: Africa confronts global warming

Climate Change

Climate change: Africa confronts global warming

Dan Shepard 22 Mar 2019

South African teams on the ground in Mozambique, aided by the South African Air Force. Image credit: IPSS Medical Rescue/Paul Herbst.

ESG

#NEWSWATCH: Global relief effort after Cyclone Idai devastation

Louise Marsland 21 Mar 2019

FAO seeks $940m to meet needs of food-insecure populations in more than 30 countries

Food Security

FAO seeks $940m to meet needs of food-insecure populations in more than 30 countries

12 Feb 2019

Lamin Momodou Manneh, director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Trends

#BizTrends2019: This could be a big year for Africa

Lamin Momodou Manneh 21 Jan 2019

The EU putting civil-military cooperation in practise in the Horn of Africa

Shipping

The EU putting civil-military cooperation in practise in the Horn of Africa

3 Jan 2019

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

Aviation

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

31 Oct 2018

ICJ judgment on US Iran sanctions welcomed

Corporate & Commercial Law

ICJ judgment on US Iran sanctions welcomed

5 Oct 2018

New financing mechanism protects against climate change

Insurance & Actuarial

New financing mechanism protects against climate change

20 Sep 2018

39 countries hit by severe food insecurity

Agriculture

39 countries hit by severe food insecurity

11 Jun 2018

Paolo Crosetto via - Rice paddies in Madagascar

Agriculture

Weather patterns putting strain on food security in southern and eastern Africa

6 Mar 2018

Health & Welfare

Coca-Cola donates more than $10m for famine relief in Africa Sahel region

31 Aug 2017

Food Crisis

Pope Francis donates to Food and Agriculture Organization

24 Jul 2017

Kate HoltAusAID via

Agriculture

Disrupted agriculture, high food prices deepens food insecurity in Africa

12 Jun 2017

Australia increases humanitarian aid to Africa

ESG

Australia increases humanitarian aid to Africa

6 Jun 2017

Food insecurity increases global migration: UN

Food, Water & Energy Security

Food insecurity increases global migration: UN

8 May 2017

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Agriculture

Africa has vast agricultural potential, so why are we due to import $110 billion worth of food annually by 2025?

Junior Sabena Mutabazi 2 May 2017

Outrage over killing of six aid workers in South Sudan

ESG

Outrage over killing of six aid workers in South Sudan

27 Mar 2017

New Red Cross app to optimise services

Mobile

New Red Cross app to optimise services

20 Mar 2017

ESG

People in need of aid in famine-hit South Sudan

7 Mar 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Agriculture

Indian Ocean Dipole: The obscure climate phenomenon driving drought

Jared Ferrie 24 Feb 2017

Severe food shortages impact Africa's refugees

ESG

Severe food shortages impact Africa's refugees

24 Feb 2017

ESG

Famine declared in South Sudan

Louise Marsland 22 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Food Security

Man-made famine declared in South Sudan, thousands face starvation

21 Feb 2017

ESG

World must act now to save lives in Somalia, UN agencies warn

20 Feb 2017

ESG

Millions face starvation in Horn of Africa

14 Feb 2017

ESG

Germany doubled its humanitarian engagement in Africa in 2016

10 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Food Security

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017