Sustaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development through COVID-19 Interventions
The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only exposed the vulnerabilities of many countries, but has in some cases exacerbated existing fault lines yielding conflictual outcomes that might take many years to address.
COP26: an African perspective
Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability, with almost all top 10 world’s most vulnerable countries based in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, it is imperative to leave no one behind in our collective efforts to achieve the African Development Bank’s High-5s, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2063 and Silencing the Guns, and the Paris Agreement’s goals. Time is not on our side.
What a successful COP-26 would look like
Will responsibility, solidarity and enlightened self-interest get the job done this time? Below are a few markers of minimum gains that Kenya considers critical if Glasgow is to be considered a success.
Great Expectations – will COP 26 deliver for Africa?
Progress on global collective action to deal with climate change is a necessity and the last UN report on where we are at shows that we are not close to meeting the targeted emissions by 2050
Industrial and Trade Policy Questions Confronting Africa in a Just Transition to a Lower Carbon Economy
People in African countries have long been identified as among those most likely to be adversely affected by catastrophic climate change.
Discourse matters; the net-zero agenda and Africa’s priorities
African countries are, however, interested in more than just net-zero targets and strategies. They also want to see ambitious targets for other COP 26 objectives.
Five climate change messages from the African continent
Africa is set to suffer the most from climate change. Here are five key messages from the continent.
COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference
Africa carries the heaviest burden of the associated climate change effects, despite contributing less than 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.
The legal status of SADC’s mission in Cabo Delgado
At present, SAMIM is operating in Cabo Delgado with the full consent of the Mozambican government. Despite initial resistance to SADC involvement, Mozambique has consented to the SADC deployment.
The Value of Fostering a Culture of Peace and Non-violence
In the aftermath of the socio-political upheavals of the end of the last century, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) quickly took a stand and declared in unison the need to work for the development of peace, stability and non-violence.