Supercharged dust storms are exposing millions to deadly air pollution

More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more people to dangerous levels of particulate...

Burkina Faso: Gold, Growth and the Frontier Challenge

By Africa Risk Control (ARC) – Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African nation of nearly 23 million people, is quietly emerging as a frontier economy with growing investment appeal — despite the security and logistical challenges that often...

Climate Change And The Farmer’s Cry: Adapting To A Drying Sahel -By Hadiza Ibrahim Ba’aba

The Sahel region of West Africa, stretching from Senegal to Chad, was once known for its vast grasslands, rich soil, and rhythmic cycles of rain and harvest. Today, that landscape is changing dramatically. The once-predictable rains now come late,...

Country platforms: are we asking the right questions?

Country platforms have capacity to align diverse funding sources behind national climate priorities, reduce fragmentation, and improve coordination. From the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership to the Just Energy Transition Partnerships...

Above Food Congratulates Merger Partner Palm Global Technologies and Subsidiary Palm Promax Investments on Landmark Burkina Faso Stablecoin Agreement and Multi-Trillion-Dollar Gold- and Mineral-Backed Asset Commitment

REGINA, SK, Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Above Food Ingredients Inc. (NASDAQ: ABVE) (“Above Food” or the “Company”) today announced and celebrated the first of many sovereign strategic partnerships involving its merger partner Palm Global...

Russia-Africa Expo-2025: Spotlighting Africa’s Economic Potentials for Russian Investors

Designed as an investment and entrepreneurial platform, the ‘Russia-Africa Expo-2025. Made in Africa, held in Moscow in mid-October, attracted state officials, investors, and business people from Africa and Russia who are highly interested in...

Burkina Faso Partners with National Broadcaster to Use AI for Inclusive Communication and Linguistic Accessibility

The Ministry of Digital Transition, Posts and Electronic Communications of Burkina Faso has signed a landmark agreement with Radio and Television of Burkina (RTB) to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into the country’s public communication...

'A very serious problem': Economist warns North-South divide could lead to fate like USSR

Economist and policy expert Rathin Roy has warned of an existential crisis facing India due to growing divisions between the economically prosperous southern states and the politically powerful northern states. Speaking at the Manthan India...

NGO Forum: Senegal must adopt a law to protect defenders

Moderated by Hannah Forster, Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS), the panel included Seydi Gassama, President of the Senegalese Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COSEDDH), Sadikh Niass,...

India–Africa partnership in indigenous knowledge system and climate resilience

When we speak of climate change, we often turn to satellites, technology, global frameworks, and new innovations. Yet, there exists a vast reservoir of wisdom that has quietly helped communities survive and adapt for centuries, i.e the Indigenous...

Multiply Group to focus on food security as it seeks double-digit growth sectors

Abu Dhabi investment company Multiply Group will be targeting sectors that will yield double-digit growth with a major focus on supporting the UAE's food security agenda, its chief executive has said. The portfolio of Multiply Group – which this...

Sudan’s War: A Data Alarm That Should Have Shaken the World

Since April 2023, more than 12 million people have been displaced, nearly 9 million inside Sudan and over 3 million across borders. The United Nations now identifies Sudan as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with 25 million people facing...

Iraqi publisher seeks to promote Arab and Welsh cultures

A Cardiff-based publisher hopes his translations of Welsh poetry into Arabic will have an audience in the Middle East and build bridges between the cultures. Ali Anwar, a retired computer engineer and business owner from Baghdad, has lived in...

Nigeria’s FATF Greylist exit strengthens non-profit operations – S4C

Rights advocacy initiative, Spaces for Change, has congratulated the Federal Republic of Nigeria on its successful exit from the Financial Action Task Force grey list, describing the milestone as a major step forward for the non-profit sector and...

S4C applauds Nigeria’s FATF grey list exit

Spaces for Change has congratulated the Federal Republic of Nigeria on its removal from the Financial Action Task Force grey list, describing the milestone as a major achievement in strengthening the integrity of the country’s financial system....

Benin’s Growing Investment Opportunities Amid Emerging Market Risks

By Africa Risk Control (ARC) – Benin, a small West African nation along the Gulf of Guinea, is quietly emerging as a strategic hub for investors seeking a gateway into the region. While often overshadowed by its larger neighbors, the country’s...

Burkina Faso to study Ghana’s investment promotion strategies

Burkina Faso will send a high-level delegation to Ghana to study the country’s investment promotion strategies, Sampson Ahi, the Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, has said. He disclosed this on the sidelines of the maiden...

The Folly of the U.N.’s Anti-Poverty Goals

In 2015, the United Nations set out a wildly utopian set of 17 “sustainable development goals” to be achieved by 2030. The first of these could not be more ambitious: “End poverty in all its forms everywhere.” Others include “End hunger,” “Ensure...

Burkina Faso: Aid Workers Detained Amid Humanitarian Crisis

(Nairobi) – The military junta in Burkina Faso is wrongfully detaining eight aid workers who had been helping to address the humanitarian emergency in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately drop the baseless...

Burkina Faso arrests eight aid workers on accusations of espionage

The military regime of Burkina Faso has detained eight humanitarian workers in the Safety Organisation International Non-Governmental Organization (INSO) on charges of espionage and treason. The arrested persons are three Europeans, a French man,...