Africa: Superyachts and Jets of Europe’s Elite Emit More Carbon Pollution in a Week Than the World’s Poorest 1 Percent Emits in a Lifetime

[ad_1] The carbon footprint of a super-rich European, accumulated from nearly a week of using super yachts and private jets, matches the lifetime carbon footprint of someone in the world's poorest 1 percent, a new Oxfam report reveals today. The first-of-its-kind study, "Carbon Inequality Kills", tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting investments and comes ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, amidst growing fears that climate breakdown is accelerating, driven largely by the emissions of the richest people. […]

October 28, 2024 2

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Africa Summit – Address Rights Crises in DR Congo, Sudan

[ad_1] Nairobi — COMESA Should Work to Curb Atrocities, Protect Civilians, Promote Justice African leaders should prioritize rights-driven solutions to the crises in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan at the 23rd Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) scheduled in Bujumbura, Burundi, on October 31, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Summit participants should discuss steps to end the atrocities in eastern Congo by the armed group M23, the Rwandan military, the Congolese security […]

October 28, 2024 2

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Africa: Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes Than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime

[ad_1] Fifty of the world's richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report reveals today. The first-of-its-kind study, "Carbon Inequality Kills," tracks the emissions from private jets, yachts and polluting investments and details how the super-rich are fueling inequality, hunger and death across the world. The report comes ahead of COP29 in Baku, […]

October 28, 2024 2

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Africa: Include Girls’ Voices in Making of Maternal Health Laws

[ad_1] African Girls Face Barriers to Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Post-Natal Care Girls in Africa face significant challenges ensuring that they enjoy the highest attainable standard of their sexual and reproductive health. They experience barriers to accessing relevant sexual health education as well as adequate maternal healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Following the conclusion of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)'s 44th Ordinary Session on October 12, and as the conversation around […]

October 22, 2024 2

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Africa: AU-Ibar Hosts High-Level Workshop to Transform Pastoral Livestock Markets Across Africa

[ad_1] Naivasha — The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR),with the funding of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is hosting a four-day high-level workshop in Naivasha, in a significant step towards transforming Africa's pastoral economy The African Pastoral Markets Development (APMD) Platform Technical Pillar Planning and Stakeholder Engagement workshop brings together experts and key stakeholders from Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia to chart a transformative path for Africa's pastoral communities. The APMD Platform aims to drive market-led transformations […]

October 22, 2024 2

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Africa: COP16 – States Must Reinforce Human Rights Protections in Global Biodiversity Framework

[ad_1] Ahead of the COP16 Biodiversity summit, which runs from 21 October to 1 November in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: "At the last meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal in 2022, states agreed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a set of ambitious targets to strengthen the protection and promotion of biodiversity globally by 2030. That was an important first step towards tackling the biodiversity crisis that has brought about the total or […]

October 17, 2024 4

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Africa: Stigmatization Is the Entry Door for Repression and Violence

[ad_1] Bogota, Colombia — Information manipulation and misinformation are not new phenomena, but they have taken on exaggerated importance, especially with the massive use of social media. Hostile and stigmatizing narratives against civil society and civic activism, whether intentional or not, especially when propagated by authorities, create undue restrictions and hinder the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association globally, and is contributing to the growing authoritarianism and the closing of civic space. Different types […]

October 16, 2024 3

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“We Advocate for Effective Participation, because There’s No Democracy without Citizen Engagement”

[ad_1] CIVICUS speaks with Abdou Aziz Cissé, advocacy officer at AfricTivistes, about the state of democracy in Africa and the role of civil society in this year of many elections. AfricTivistes is a pan-African civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends democratic values, human rights and good governance through civic tech. It aims to empower African citizens to become active in building their societies and holding their governments accountable. What's your assessment of the electoral year in Africa so […]

October 16, 2024 1

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Africa: TACTiC – Test Avoid Cure TB in Children

[ad_1] This new report details how children with tuberculosis continue to be left behind in the global effort to end the disease. The report, TACTIC: Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children, surveyed tuberculosis policy guidelines in 14 countries* with a high burden of tuberculosis, revealing that many countries lag behind in aligning their national tuberculosis policies with the latest guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO). We urge all countries to update their national guidelines to be in line with […]

October 15, 2024 1

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