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Africa’s Rangelands Are the Frontline of Resilience – COP17 Showed Why

2026-09-04T14:16:12-07:00

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 4 (IPS) - Across the Kenya-Tanzania rangelands, communities have long understood a reality that the global community is increasingly recognising: healthy rangelands support livelihoods, wildlife, water resources and local economies. They are among Africa’s most important natural assets and a foundation for resilience in a changing climate.

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WHO Announces New Ebola Vaccine Guidelines for the DRC

2026-09-04T12:43:43-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, September 4 (IPS) - While Uganda announced the end of its Ebola outbreak last week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to battle its deadliest Ebola outbreak to date. As of September 1st, there have been over 6,000 cases, including over 3,000 deaths, with Ituri standing as the most affected province.

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Between the Reef and the Stars - A reflection on humanity’s twin longings

2026-09-04T05:14:58-07:00

VICTORIA, Seychelles, September 4 (IPS) - There is an older wisdom, quieter than the noise of our times, that whispers a simple truth: we are not the architects of nature, only its guests. Long before there were nations, economies, or even language, there was the pulse of the tide, the patience of coral, the breath of forests exchanging air with the sky. Into that ancient conversation we arrived — late, curious, and forgetful — mistaking our cleverness for sovereignty and our tools for wings.

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Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again

2026-09-03T09:04:28-07:00

KIGALI, September 3 (IPS) - As climate disasters frequent across the African continent, governments have been promoting climate-smart innovations, including the development of drought-resistant crops.

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Africa Has the Answers to Its Food Security Challenges. What It Needs Is the Architecture to Act on Them

2026-09-03T05:51:26-07:00

KIGALI, Rwanda, September 3 (IPS) - As leaders gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Systems Forum, they face an urgent question: why do so many proven agricultural innovations still fail to reach the farmers and communities that need them most?

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The Drylands Dividend: The Smart Investment for Powering a Water-Scarce World

2026-09-01T06:32:21-07:00

NAIROBI, Kenya, September 1 (IPS) - Open a can of something fizzy and the reason the sugar doesn’t separate immediately is gum arabic, tapped by hand from acacia trees across the Sahel. Spray on perfume and the reason the scent is still there at dinner is frankincense, a resin cut from Boswellia trees on the dry escarpments of the Horn of Africa. The fat that gives a chocolate bar its snap may well be shea, gathered and pressed by women in the parkland belt of West Africa. The cashmere jumper came from goats that can only be raised on cold, dry rangelands.

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Dollar Dominance Eroding Slowly but Surely

2026-09-01T05:54:26-07:00

JAKARTA, Indonesia, September 1 (IPS) - The US dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency has been eroding gradually for decades. However, various US policies, including recent deliberately unexpected actions, have at times accelerated de-dollarisation.

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Zambia: An Uneven Contest, an Easy Win

2026-08-31T10:42:04-07:00

LONDON, August 31 (IPS) - On 24 August, police sealed off access to Zambia’s courts, closed the day before the deadline for petitions to challenge the results of the 13 August presidential election. The judiciary’s top official cited security reasons, but the timing left little doubt that authorities meant to block the defeated candidate’s legal challenge.

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Africa’s Pastoralists Need More Than COP17’s $1.2 billion Rangelands Pledge

2026-08-31T10:24:01-07:00

DAR ES SALAAM, August 31 (IPS) - When the rains fail across Tanzania’s northern Maasai Steppe, herders drive their cattle farther in search of pasture and water.

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Uganda Announces End of Ebola Outbreak, Yet Regional Risks Remain

2026-08-28T16:50:26-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, August 28 (IPS) - Following 42 consecutive days without a new confirmed case, The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda.

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