How will the end of the Ukraine grain deal hurt Africa?
19/7/2023: Russia has quit a deal that allows the safe passage of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. Could this move exacerbate the hunger crisis in parts of Africa, a major wheat importer?
Source: DW
Africa’s fractured relationship with the ICC
17/7/2023: African leaders have complained about wrongful targeting by the International Criminal Court during the 25 years since its founding — but some African legal experts say those claims are unjustified.
Source: DW
Water – a weapon of war or a tool for peace?
11/7/2023: The recent Kakhovka dam disaster in Ukraine is a painful reminder of how destruction of water infrastructure can cause enormous suffering in times of war. Researchers who have studied Yemen, Libya, and Syria say that attacks on civilian and environmental infrastructure have become more common in the past decade.
Source: Inter Press Service
African states detail their needs on World Bank reform
13/7/2023: Seeking World Bank reform, African states argue that food security, water, and affordable energy are more important than the demands of wealthy Western countries that focus on climate change and pandemics. This consensus was reached ahead of the G20 finance ministers’ meeting.
Source: Devex
SDG hunger goal slumps further behind 2030 target
12/7/2023: The UN flagship global food security report has found that in 2022 between 691 million and 783 million people were hungry, 122 million more than in 2019 before the pandemic. The world is being pushed further away from meeting the UN's near hopeless goal to eliminate hunger by 2030.
Source: Devex
One year of the Black Sea Initiative: key facts
10/7/2023: For almost a year, the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative agreed by Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine has allowed millions of tonnes of grain to leave Ukraine’s ports. The Initiative has helped reverse spiking global food prices, which reached record highs shortly before the agreement was signed.
Source: UN News
ICC launches investigation into surging violence in Darfur
13/7/2023: The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is investigating fresh allegations of war crimes in the Darfur region, including the recent killings of 87 members of the ethnic Masalit community. The ICC Prosecutor also called on the warring factions in Sudan to uphold their fundamental obligations under international humanitarian law.
Source: UN News
WFP funding crisis leaves millions without aid in West Africa
5/7/2023: Food insecurity has reached a 10-year high in West and Central Africa, affecting 47 million people during the June-August lean season. A funding crunch means that the World Food Programme will be able to assist just over half of those initially targeted. Mali and Chad will be hit the hardest.
Source: World Food Programme
Africa must own the idea of the “just transition”
4/7/2023: The just transition towards a sustainable planet is a universal agenda with localised practice. Among richer countries the concept centres on moving away from fossil fuels. But for most of Africa the idea will mean something very different.
Source: African Arguments
Developing nations decry threat to UK climate finance
6/7/2023: A leaked memo suggests that the UK's promise to deliver £11.6 billion in international climate finance by 2026 is being dropped. A broken pledge is likely to sow further divisions between developed and developing nations at climate talks.
Source: Climate Home News