News stories by Wangari Maathai

Climate change presents a challenge of leadership the likes of which the world has never seen, writes Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate, founder of the Green Belt Movement and a co-founder of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.

Representatives of African States will meet in Addis Ababa (June 8-9) to "exchange views" on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prompted by the war crimes indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, the meeting will provide a platform for the Court’s dissenters in Africa, and aim to sew discord among ICC supporters, writes Wangari Maathai, Wole Soyinka and Desmond Tutu.