By Ribio Nzeza Bunketi Buse, Assistant Professor, University of Kinshasa
Eight global millennium development goals were established in 2000 by member states of the United Nations (UN) and endorsed by other multilateral organisations. They ranged from eliminating hunger to empowering women, and from reducing child mortality to environmental sustainability.
The millennium development goals were not…
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By Llewellyn Leonard, Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
Steps need to be started urgently to clean up the petrol pollution left behind in South Durban by BP and Shell.
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By Peter Akong Minang, Director Africa, CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Africa is heavily dependent on agriculture. At this year’s COP30 conference, the continent needs to secure more funding to adapt land to climate disasters.
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By Laura Pereira, Associate professor, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.
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By Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Economic Geography, University of South Carolina
Elena Louder, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography, University of South Carolina
Nikki Luke, Assistant Professor of Human Geography, University of Tennessee
Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Nearly a quarter of US households struggle to pay their energy bills at the same time as America’s social safety nets, including home heat aid, are disappearing.
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By Frank Bongiorno, President, Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of History, Australian National University
The former senator rose to great influence during the Hawke and Keating Labor governments, but he career was also marked by controversy.
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By Abdulrosheed Fadipe
The rising insecurity in Kwara State and North-central Nigeria has been linked to different factors such as farmer-herders clashes, the emergence of new terrorist groups, governance gaps, and bandit spillover.
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By Anton Genza
The 2023–2029 Language Policy Concept aims to expand the use of Kazakh across science, IT, media, and governance, including the transition from the Cyrillic script to the Latin.
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Friday, November 7, 2025
Independent UN human rights investigators have heard first-hand accounts of torture, unlawful detention and the forced transfer of civilians during their first visit to Ukraine in more than a year.
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By Laurie A. Garrow, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Major airports across the United States were subject to a 4% reduction in flights on Nov. 7, 2025, as the government shutdown began to affect travelers.
The move by the Federal Aviation Administration is intended to ease pressure on air traffic controllers, many of whom have been working…
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