This summer, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, the world stands at a crossroads. The principles of sovereign equality, peaceful dispute resolution, and respect for human ...

At the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and ...

Opposition leaders and rights activists are jailed as presidents previously hailed as democrats turn repressive. It wasn’t always this way.

East African finance chiefs increased planned spending to a record to sustain economic growth and mitigate the effects of ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by researchers from the Institute of Earth ...

Learn about UNHCR’s work in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, including refugee and displacement data, programme plans, funding needs and our impact.

As East Africa navigates the dual pressures of climate volatility and escalating input costs, the agricultural sector stands ...

Addis Ababa, May 29, 2025 (ENA)—A project aimed at addressing the complex links between climate change, environmental disasters, conflict, and migration in the Eastern Africa region was launched ...

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, June/July 2025, pp. 77-78 Waging Peace CLIMATE CHANGE is a growing global concern, ...

By June, he fears the desert locusts will have increased their numbers 400-fold compared with today, triggering widespread devastation to crops and pastures in a region that’s already extremely ...

In every African region, changing weather patterns ... The Kampala Ministerial Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change was signed by 11 East African countries in 2022. It is the first ...

See All Key Ideas Extreme rainfall recorded in Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad this year marks a heightened stage in Africa ... in the region intensify the situation. While climate ...