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The International Volunteer Day, a worldwide event commemorated every year on the 5th of December, comes at the end of a long line of special commemorations, each of them relevant and paramount to ach

On September 1, 2022, debt-trapped Sri Lanka reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 48-month Extended Fund Facility of $2.9 billion, which hardly covers the c

A head of state who presided over an authoritarian regime in Southeast Asia, was once asked about rigged elections in his country.“I promised I will give you the right to vote” he said, “bu

As 2022 draws to a close, we are confronted with an unprecedented collision of global risks, interacting and reinforcing each other in dangerous new ways.The impacts of Russia’s invasion of Uk

Editor’s Note: Televisions broadcast happy handshakes between President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron as the U.S. leader hosted his counterpart this week. But behind the smiles a competition for influence is underway—in Africa, Australia, and elsewhere. Add the U.K.

As a central pillar of African diets for thousands of years, millet has a prized position as one of the continent’s most important crops.And with the onset of climate change, millet offers valu

Despite its dismal record, the Gates Foundation-sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a new five-year strategy in September after rebranding itself by dropping ‘Green

The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to a

Ireland will immediately provide an additional €30m to respond to the rapidly deteriorating food crisis in the Horn of Africa.

The upcoming consultation on the Global Digital Compact presents a unique opportunity to ensure that human rights in the digital world are protected in international common standards.The United