South Sudan Set for Major Diet Boost with €20 Million Aquatic Food Project

By Kei Emmanuel Duku The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) have launched a significant €20 million initiative targeting vulnerable populations in Africa and Latin America, with South Sudan...

Funding cuts and war threaten effort to wipe out polio

Nations divided by conflict face the greatest threat from a resurgent polio virus and a 30 per cent cut in global funding that could badly hamper efforts to eliminate the disease by the end of the decade. Wild polio remains endemic in Afghanistan...

Qatar and US warn EU law may threaten energy security in Doha talks

Energy security and regulatory risk were front and centre as the 27th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) convened this week in Doha, bringing together ministers, officials and experts from the world's leading...

Africa’s air links are poor: can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?

In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there’s enough demand to make a route financially worthwhile. Because there are so...

Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026

Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts

Issue Brief October 6, 2025 • 8:30 am ET Print this page Chinese fishing in West Africa: Responding to the environmental and social impacts By Ebimboere Seiyafa, Awa Niang Fall, Ellis Adjei Adams, Kadidia Kane, Isa Elegbebe Olalekan, Kodjo...

Tunisian twins crowned champions by Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed at the Arab Reading Challenge 2025

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum crowns 2025's Arab Reading Challenge winners. Image: X Twelve-year-old twin sisters Bisan and Bilsan Kouka from Tunisia have taken the spotlight as joint winners of the 2025 Arab Reading...

Tunisian twins win Arab Reading Challenge, donate half of Dh500,000 prize to Palestine

Twin sisters Baisan and Baylsan Koka from Tunisia have been named joint winners of the Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai, pledging to donate half of their Dh500,000 prize to support people in Palestine. The 12-year-old sisters were honoured by...

Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

By 10am on the midsummer Day of the Ox, the city of Narita smells of charcoal and sugar. The cobbled road is thronged with visitors lining up to buy grilled eel, a traditional delicacy believed to cool the body and keep spirits up in the humid...

New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) today launched an initiative to increase access to safe and nutritious aquatic foods for vulnerable populations in Africa and Latin America while...

Sahel-based jihadists are extending their reach. Can a fractured region push back?

Among the thousands of refugees who have fled Mali since a jihadist uprising began more than a decade ago, one group is bound together by a grim commonality: their husbands are presumed dead or captured. Amina (not her real name) is one of them....

News The Guardian Sahel-based jihadists are extending their reach. Can a fractured region push back?

Among the thousands of refugees who have fled Mali since a jihadist uprising began more than a decade ago, one group is bound together by a grim commonality: their husbands are presumed dead or captured. Amina (not her real name) is one of them....

Where in Europe do people feel least safe walking alone at night?

People feel less safe walking alone at night in Italy and France than in dozens of other countries, including Iraq, Rwanda, and Bangladesh, according to a new report. In fact, the 2025 edition of The Global Safety Report features only one European...

Uganda at 63: Independence, integration, and the road ahead

President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni officiates the spudding (Commencement of Drilling) of Kingfisher Oilfield wells in Buhuka, Kyangwali, Kikuube District. POil presents Uganda with a major opportunity for capital formation through skilling,...

Kagame Warns Against Disinformation as Growing Instrument of Destabilization in Africa

2 President Kagame addressing the Symposium President Paul Kagame has called on African armies to take greater responsibility for the continent’s peace and security, warning that Africa cannot continue to rely on external actors to resolve its...

The Abraham Accords Return to Center Stage

The signing of the Gaza ceasefire and the exchange of hostages and prisoners have not only brought long-awaited relief to war-weary families but also set the stage for a new diplomatic chapter in the Middle East. What began as a humanitarian truce...

From pact to policy to practice? Reflections on the EU’s “New Pact for the Mediterranean”

At ECDPM we talk a lot about moving from policy to practice. So, the launch of the New Pact for the Mediterranean begs the question: how does one move from a pact to policy and practice? And will the pact be able to better shape cooperation across...

Northwest Africa’s Fishing Crisis Intensifies

In Nouadhibou, Mauritania’s bustling fishing hub, the docks don’t hum the way they once did. Factories that once packed and shipped thousands of tons of fish now stand eerily quiet, and conversations among local workers tend to spiral back to just...

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Opens 11th Abu Dhabi Date Palm Exhibition

Rabat – The 11th Abu Dhabi Date Palm Exhibition opened today under the patronage of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, bringing together 90 exhibitors from 18...

The Invisible Chain: The Unspoken Bond Driving Zimbabwean Migration to South Africa

The chorus is a familiar one, a relentless refrain in South Africa’s political and social discourse: ‘illegal Zimbabweans’ are crossing the Limpopo in droves, ‘stealing’ jobs from South Africans, social services like health and education and...