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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:45 PM

Female 'techpreneurs' are taking their place in Africa's male-dominated fintech boom, but gender bias makes it harder for them to access finance and grow their businesses

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:14 AM

As the U.N. biodiversity conference approaches, efforts to ensure effective nature protection must include indigenous peoples and local communities

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:21 AM

Forest communities have received a tiny share of global climate finance - but a new initiative plans to change that by channelling money to groups on the ground

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:58 AM

Cutting down forests has major implications for global goals to curb warming, as trees absorb about a third of the planet-heating carbon emissions produced worldwide

Tue, 4 Jan 2022 11:20 AM

New rules for government carbon trading will help cut emissions by protecting forests, but doubts persist over the credibility of voluntary credits used by companies

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:26 AM

Named International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, 2021 was meant to boost efforts to stamp out the practice. But despite some success stories, global progress was patchy

Fri, 3 Dec 2021 17:15 PM

Of the 55 million internally displaced persons in 2020, 48 million fled conflict and violence and seven million were uprooted by disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:25 AM

Charity calls for measures to ensure access to education to protect children from forced recruitment by armed groups

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:48 PM

Africa is far from reaching the African Union's aim of fully vaccinating 70% of people by the end of 2022, with only 55% of distributed COVID-19 vaccines having been administered

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:10 PM

An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short by conflict, child labour and poverty