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Many African nations face significant, interconnected development challenges, including over-reliance on rain-fed agriculture, heavy dependence on hydropower for electricity generation, rapid population growth, and related economic pressures. These vulnerabilities are heightened by the impact of climate change and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as droughts, which reduce hydropower output and diminish agricultural productivity.

For decades, the global fight against child stunting has been framed around a central trinity: Nutrition, sanitation, and poverty

COP30 in Belém leaves behind a complex political atmosphere, shaped by global divisions and even the unexpected drama of a fire in the venue.

The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will take place from 8–12 December 2025, at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi

In Nsanje, Malawi, a $2,500 grant transformed 20-year-old Martha Forty's manual printing hustle into a thriving local enterprise. With new machinery and formal business training from the Business Acceleration for Youth Project, she tripled her production, now supports her family's education, and is inspiring a generation of young women entrepreneurs proving strategic investment can build both a business and community resilience.

Are you developing an agri-tech that addresses Tunisia’s key agricultural challenges and market needs?

In Marcala, innovation is not just a process: it is an opportunity to dream and collectively build a fairer, more resilient, and more prosperous future for all.

Pollinator and fruit diversity on the globe’s smallholder farms – which account for up to 80% of all farms – remains strong, despite ecological fragmentation. The findings could point to how to improve the industrialized farming pollinator crisis.