Farmers and governments need to improve water management as a UN report has found that climate change will have a significant impact on water supplies for agriculture. The report , ‘Climate Change, Water and Food Security’ by the Food and Agriculture Organization, warned that temperatures could increase by an estimated 4 degrees Celsius by 2080 [...]
It is graduation season, and one recent graduate, a Ford Foundation International Fellow, who recently completed his International Legal Studies Program at American University’s Washington College of Law, recently stood taller than all the other graduates, at least in my mind, as he received his Master of Laws degree. However, in reality; disabled Ugandan lawyer, [...]
Officials at UN headquarters in New York have been cock-a-hoop about the apparent decisive role the world body’s peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire played in swinging the balance of power in favour of Alassane Ouattara in the battle over the presidency of the country. The international community is also exultant, with headlines the world over screaming: [...]
A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. The first ever International Women’s Day was called to draw attention to the unacceptable and often dangerous working conditions that so many women faced worldwide. Although the occasion was celebrated in only a handful of countries, [...]
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has reaffirmed the world organisation’s commitment to supporting the people of Africa in building durable peace, security and sustainable development. Ki-moon made the pledge Mon 25th May in a message for Africa Day, which marks the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the African [...]
