Environment
Where Are the World’s Water Stresses? By John P. Ruehl
In May 2023, the Arizona Department of Water Resources imposed restrictions on the construction of new housing in the Phoenix area, citing a lack of groundwater. The decision…
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Environment
Pacific Island Countries To Develop Advanced Warning System for Tuna Migration
Pacific Community-led regional initiative aims to assist countries in the region with mitigating the impacts of climate change-induced tuna migration. Credit: Pacific Community/SPC by Neena Bhandari (Sydney) Wednesday, April…
Analysis
Climate Change: Cuba’s Fight Against Extreme Drought By Alejandra Garcia
Cuba is particularly vulnerable to climate change, being an island and a tropical country. Cycles of drought, hurricanes, and rainfall are becoming more frequent and intense, impacting people’s…
Environment
Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction
Wildlife is indeed far much more than a safari or an ‘exotic’ ornament: as many as four billion people –or an entire half the whole world’s population– rely…
economy
As Europe eyes Africa’s gas reserves, environmentalists sound the alarm by Ashoka Mukpo
In the wake of an energy crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European countries are turning to Africa for its natural gas reserves. The move is a…
Analysis
Battery Arms Race: Global Capital and the Scramble for Cobalt in the Congo
With growing attention to climate breakdown and the need for expanded use of renewable energy sources, the mineral resources needed to make batteries are emerging as a key…
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Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
27 Jul 2021 – July 28th marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This historic document, signed by 149 nation-states, defines refugees as those with a…
Art-News
Earth’s Greatest Enemy – A New Film by Abby Martin [OFFICIAL TEASER]
Abby Martin’s second feature film is an anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Join her on the journey, and help make it possible, at earthsgreatestenemy.com We urgently need donations to make this…
African Union
Egypt-Ethiopia: Difficult Negotiations
The latest round of Egyptian-Ethiopian negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by former African Union (AU) president Cyril Ramaphosa, ended without agreement, adding another episode…
African Union
Food Insecurity and the Prospects for Emerging Players
With the inauguration of Joe Biden, and the coming post-Covid era being bound to create uncertain new realities, people are taking the time to assess what this future…
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Cry of the Himalaya: 4 Decades of Disasters, 4 Decades of Warning
I am a child of the Ganga Himalaya , nourished materially and spiritually by Dev Bhoomi, our sacred land. The mountains , forests and Ma Ganga have shaped…
Activism
To Farm or Not to Farm in Developing Countries
The week has been an interesting one full of global challenges, with escalating violence propagated by the military coup in Myanmar, resulting death of a young protester from…
Activism
Farmers block roads across India in protest against farm laws
This was part of their continuing struggle against the three farm laws that were passed by the Narendra Modi led govt in September last year. Appeared on February…
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Haitians intensify struggle against president Jovenel Moïse
Haitian citizens, social movements, trade unions and opposition political parties are demanding the resignation of president Jovenel Moïse, who seeks to extend his term of office until February…
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Enough ‘Blah Blah Blah’ From Global Elites, Greta Thunberg Declares at Digital Davos
In yet another fiery speech to attendees of an elite annual summit, climate activist Greta Thunberg made clear on Monday that young people aren’t backing down from demands that world…
Activism
480,000 killed by extreme weather this century – Analysis
Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to a new assessment of the direct…
African Union
Satellite alerts help fight illegal logging across Africa
By Reuters Published on Jan 05, 2021 A system using satellite data to send free alerts when trees are destroyed has been linked to a significant drop…
Activism
“Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis
New analysis finds the Global North is responsible for 92% of all excess global carbon dioxide emissions, while the Global South bears the brunt of the devastation.
Analysis
‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia by Vijay Prashad, Alejandro Bejarano
What role did billionaire Elon Musk and his thirst for lithium play in the coup in Bolivia? Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano discuss. Elon Musk with Vice President…
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The Gates Foundation’s “Green Revolution” in Africa: Agribusiness Wins, Small Scale Farmers Lose
15 Jul 2020 – Ann Garrison interviews Timothy Wise on why US-style corporate agriculture pushed by billionaire Bill Gates has been disastrous for Africa. “The number of hungry people…
Activism
Racial Pandemic and Viral Pandemic: USA Is an Epicenter, but Both Pandemics Are Global by Imani Countess and William Minter*
* William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. Imani Countess is an Open Society Fellow focusing on economic inequality. This essay is part of a multipart series that began…
Environment
DRC’s Virunga: Park, Gorillas, and Rangers All Under Attack
Congolese officials are blaming armed Rwandan Hutu refugees for the massacre of twelve rangers and five civilians, but there are any number of other predators that covet the…
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Deception? Deception?
In Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”, a stunned Amanda Wingfield enters the second scene repeating an enigmatic question: “Deception? Deception?” Amanda revels in the fantasy world of her…
African Union
What happened to Africa’s ambitious green belt project?
The 15 kilometer (9.3 mile) wide Great Green Wall project stretches over 7,775 km from Senegal on the Atlantic to Eritrea on the Red Sea. The aim was…
Environment
How is the Covid-19 Crisis Changing the Global Movement Landscape?
by Amber FrenchApril 03, 2020 In this article I offer a big-picture framework for how the Covid-19 crisis is impacting activism, organizing, and civil resistance movements. I hope this…