Why Africa’s own treaty may be the key to fixing global waste trade rules
By Gilbert Kuepouo The African continent has historically been a dumping ground for hazardous chemicals, technologies, and waste from the…
Green Gicumbi: How a Six-Year Climate Project Transformed Lives, Landscapes, and Livelihoods
By Christophe Uwizeyimana For decades, residents of Gicumbi District lived at the mercy of nature. Every rainy season brought anxiety…
Karongi: Greenhouse farmers finally get TEKANA insurance
By Annonciata Byukusenge When the government launched the crop and livestock insurance program, Rwanda’s National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS), locally…
Dignified menstruation is an entry gate towards a period-friendly world and SRHRJ.
By Shobha Shukla “Dignified menstruation is rooted in the right to dignity, the right to freedom, the right to equality,…
Rutsiro farmers say crop insurance protects them from climate losses
By Annonciata Byukusenge Irish potato farmers in Rwanda’s Rutsiro District say a government-backed crop insurance program has ended years of…
Nyamasheke: NAIS supports reformed agriculture for business and climate resilience
By Annonciata Byukusenge Farmers in Rwanda’s Nyamasheke district say crop losses from climate-related disasters have fallen suddenly since they joined…
Rusizi: TEKANA saved the losses caused by climate change
By Annonciata Byukusenge Farmers and livestock farmers in Rusizi District have come to appreciate the value of insuring crops and…
Lake Victoria Day-Mwanza: Lake Victoria has to sustain the future generations
By Annonciata Byukusenge For the first time in the history of the East African Community, the region came together to…
The declaration calls on Indonesia to ratify the global treaty and hold the nicotine and tobacco industry liable
By Shobha Shukla An important declaration endorsed by over 1500 experts has called upon Indonesia to ratify the lifesaving global…
The invisible must get served first by a legally binding treaty for older persons
By Bobby Ramakant We are living in an age of aging with a fast-growing number of older people. Life expectancy…