11 days ago // Climate Change
The measure sets the stage for countries to adopt more environmentally sound means of managing minerals and metals such as lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel amid rising demand.
about 1 month ago // Food Systems
As climate change drives a devastating plant disease into new regions, a new potato variety developed in Peru gives farmers an option that reduces losses and cuts costs.
2 months ago // Global Health
A charity-led model in Kenya and Nigeria is testing whether free emergency coverage can protect low-income families from catastrophic health costs.
4 months ago // Food Systems
The first major continental gathering of African food systems experts since the U.S. aid cuts held promising indicators that the continent is trying to invest in its own agricultural production.
4 months ago // Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Aid cuts have shuttered clinics, disrupted contraceptive supply chains, and left adolescent girls without critical services. Local initiatives are stepping up — but without stronger domestic policies and financing, millions remain at risk.
5 months ago // Climate finance
As official development aid declines, African leaders have recently committed to safeguarding the continent's natural resources and to seeking innovative finance to address the challenges posed by climate change.
5 months ago // Global health
PEPFAR cuts have left East African HIV clinics understocked and understaffed. In response, one nonprofit is showing how economic resilience can keep care going.
7 months ago // Food systems
With the dismantling of USAID and a shift away from traditional official development assistance, activists see a chance to reshape the future of African agriculture.
8 months ago // Global Health
In parts of Africa, pregnant women and new moms are using direct cash aid to pay for hospital care, food and even farmland — as part of a program to cut child and maternal deaths.
9 months ago // Global health
Africa is grappling with a growing opioid crisis fueled by weak enforcement of regulations, medical supply shortages, and a thriving black market. These challenges have been exacerbated by U.S. aid cuts, which have disrupted critical programs.