COP 16 : Positive Outcomes for Land Restoration, Drought Resilience By Science Africa correspondent To restore more than one billion hectares of degraded land and build resilience to drought, at least USD 2.6 trillion in total investments are needed by 2030. This is according to estimates by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). […]

COP 16 Charts Path for Global Action on Land, Drought By Sharon Atieno Countries have committed to prioritize land restoration and drought resilience in national policies and international cooperation as an essential strategy for food security and climate adaptation. The commitment was made as the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations […]

Joint Programme on Migration, Mobility, Regional Integration Launched in Kenya By Sharon Atieno The United Nations (UN) in Kenya, in collaboration with the Government of Kenya and other partners, has launched a US$28.5 Million Joint Programme (JP) on Migration, Mobility, and Regional Integration. The JP which will be implemented for the period December 2024 to […]

Good Sanitation, Vaccination Crucial to Eliminate Polio in Kenya By Treezer Michelle Atieno Polio, a disease that can cause irreversible paralysis, is nearing global eradication thanks to vaccination efforts. Yet, in Kenya, vaccine-derived polio strains persist. According to Dr. Christine Chege, a pediatrician and pediatric infectious disease specialist while wild poliovirus has been eradicated, the […]

DRC: WHO Deploys Experts to Investigate Unknown Outbreak By Gift Briton The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to determine the cause of an unknown infectious disease reported in the southwestern part of the country. Since late October 2024, the unknown disease […]

AIM for Scale: Addressing impacts of climate change on agriculture By Daniel Otunge In this in-depth Q&A, Daniel Otunge sat down with Dr. Enock Chikava, Director of Agricultural Delivery Systems at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to seek his insights into the impact of climate change on smallholder farming and Food systems in Africa […]