Sep 9, 2019 In the News Africa Asia Latin America To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system (Financial Nigeria) Health Food loss and waste Financial Nigeria republished an opinion piece co-authored by Director General Shenggen Fan on the importance of rethinking the food system when tackling […]

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he has been offered a controlling stake in a joint energy deal by Chinese President Xi Jinping in exchange for ignoring an international arbitration in Manila’s favor on the South China Sea.

Sep 7, 2019 In the News China Asia Africa West Africa East Africa Southern Africa Middle Africa Expert urges Africa to learn from China’s agriculture revolution (Xinhuanet.com) Markets Agriculture Production Science, Technology, and Innovation China’s Xinhua reported on the remarks of China Program Leader and Senior Research Fellow Kevin Chen […]

By African Development BankOuagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sep 13 2019 (IPS-Partners) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has arrived in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, ahead of the G5 Sahel Summit, and was received by Burkina Faso’s president, Mark Roch Christian Kaboré. The Burkinabe president applauded the Bank’s […]

Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: World New data published today by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics on the world’s out-of-school children reveals little or no progress over more than a decade with roughly 258 million children out of school in 2018. UNESCO warns that, without urgent action, […]