Global Development

The sun sets over the Okavango Delta, Botswana, April 25, 2018. Picture taken April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Climate-smart agriculture in Africa

Bogolo J. Kenewendo and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Residents walk along an alleyway with an open sewer at the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Learning from the people of Nairobi’s Mukuru slum

Angela R. Pashayan and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Europium, internal transition metal forming part of the rare earth group (RHJPhtotos, Shutterstock)

Africa’s global opportunity in rare earth elements

Gracelin Baskaran and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

FILE PHOTO: Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga speaks at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Who is Ajay Banga, US nominee for World Bank president?

Homi Kharas and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Sand begins to surround houses close to the town of Ambovombe, Androy region, Madagascar, February 15, 2022. Madagascar has always known extreme weather events, but scientists say these will likely increase as human-induced climate change pushes temperatures higher. Four years of drought, along with deforestation caused by people burning or cutting down trees to make charcoal or to open up land for farming, have transformed the area into a dust bowl. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "GLOBAL POY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2022 PACKAGES.

Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Malagasy youth on Madagascar’s beauty and the climate risks it faces

Fenitra Jérémiah, Anja Radoharinirina, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Thursday, December 8, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A girl walks past a flag of Ghana outside the Cape Coast Castle, in Ghana, July 28, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Ghanaian youth are joining climate action for survival

Maryjane Enchill, Nadia Owusu, and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Dispatches from Africa’s COP: Seychelles youth opt for climate capacity building

Victoria Alis and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

A delegate walks at the Kigali Convention Centre, the venue hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

The role of regional economic communities in implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area

Andrew Mold and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

A newly commissioned Nigerian railway is seen Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station in Ebutemeta, Lagos, Nigeria, on June 10, 2021. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Lagos for the inauguration of the 157-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan standard rail project at the Mobolaji Johnson railway station in Ebutte Metta. The Construction which started in March 2017, and test-running commenced in December 2020. The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a holding capacity of 6000 passengers A statement from the precedential aide ''''Femi Adesina''. ''President Buhari is committed to developing a modern national railway network that will connect every part of Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce and national integration.'' (Photo by Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Re-approaching Africa’s economic integration agenda

Julius Kiiza and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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We’re going to need a bigger room: Growing the 17 Rooms community for SDG action

Zia Khan and John W. McArthur

Friday, May 20, 2022