The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed its calls for strengthened capacities in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance as the second phase of a Fleming Fund (FF) project on AMR in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic came to a close recently. The FAO-implemented and United Kingdom-funded project […]

Issue Post October 7, 2019 Empowering Africa’s women farmers Ruth Meinzen-Dick When Africa’s women farmers thrive, everyone benefits. With the right investments and policies, Africa’s woman-run farms could produce a bumper crop of development.

Source: Human Rights Watch Country: World Manfred Nowak will present the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty to the UN General Assembly on 8 October. About 1.5 million children are affected each year. UN Study Finds at Least 1.5 Million Locked Up Each Year (New York) – A […]

Senegal’s Alioune Diop University in Bambey was recently awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, scooping up a $1 million windfall in the process. Fêted for its commitment to sustainability, the building is particularly noteworthy for its innovative efforts to cool temperatures in the unforgiving Sahel region without the use […]

We love our smartphones and for good reason. They are handy little devices that can make life a whole lot easier. There is a bit of a problem, though: our devotion to our devices is harming the environment. There are billions of smartphones already in use around the planet and […]