Sunday, September 6, 2026

Tag: Africa

GEF Proposes $140 Million Program to Strengthen Drought Resilience

The Drylands and Drought Management Integrated Program would run from 2026 to 2030, and answers requests from parties to the UN desertification convention for the fund to give drought financing greater priority.

How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience

The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.

Skyrocketing military spending undermines development aid to world’s poor

Over 100 countries increased their military budgets, with the top ten spenders alone accounting for 73 percent of the total.

Trump expands travel ban to 39 countries and Palestinian Authority documents...

The latest proclamation widens full and partial entry restrictions, targets Palestinians holding Palestinian Authority travel papers, and draws condemnation from lawmakers and refugee advocates who say the policy is racist and punitive.

Inside the Trump administration’s man-made hunger crisis

Trump officials were warned repeatedly that cutting off food aid to refugees in Kenya would lead to violence and death. They did so anyway, and thousands starved.

Afro-descendant communities offer a living blueprint for Amazon Conservation

Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.

Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more climate deaths....

Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

Resistance works

How small groups took on great powers and won a victory for decolonization, Africa, indigenous peoples, and more.

Algae vs. the sanitation crisis: How a rural South African town...

A low-cost, climate-resilient solution using microalgae offers hope for clean water in underserved communities across Africa.

Fighting for the planet means sovereignty for the Sahel

At the core of most demands for the U.S. empire, we’re asking for kindergarten ethics—is that a stretch? It’s what the climate...

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Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
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Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.
Vehicle tailpipe emissions, the kind of pollution the disputed waivers regulate. Photo: DeFacto / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks EPA attempt to strip California’s clean air waivers

The agency tried to hand the repeal to Congress instead of going through its own rulemaking process.
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Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.