Constance Okollet Achom, chair and founder of Osukuru United Women Network (OWN), an organization fighting against domestic violence using climate change solutions in Uganda, during an exclusive interview with IPS at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (sharm el sheikh) Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Inter…
Climate change activists at COP27, currently underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (sharm el sheikh) Sunday, November 20, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 20 (IPS) – After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to…
Activists say governments should be urgedto put agriculture onto the negotiating table at COP27 especially to diverse,resilient agroecological farming are crucial for farmers which will enablefarmers to adapt to climate chaos. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (sharm el sheikh) Thursday, November 17, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov…
The Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to smuggle elephant tusks and other contraband. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (rubavu, northwestern rwanda) Friday, October 21, 2022 Inter Press Service RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) – Every morning,…
Leonida Odongo, an activist from Kenya’s Haki Nawiri Africa, and Global Development and Environment Institute fellow Dr Timothy Wise agree that Africa’s food systems revolution should not be based on costly imports. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Monday, September 12, 2022 Inter Press Service Kigali, Sep 12 (IPS) –…
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT (ABC) are using artificial intelligence to help eradicate Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD). The disease threatens the livelihoods of farmers and impacts food security. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, August 05, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Aug 05 (IPS) – A group of…
The Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), the first-ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups, gathered in Kigali from Monday, Jul 18 to Jul 23 to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature. Rwanda hosted the conference in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of…
Ingabire Muziga Mamy, Managing Director, Charis Unmanned Aerial Solutions Rwanda, provides drone services for spraying gardens with pesticides, among other farming activities in Rwanda. Technology is crucial to improving food security, researchers say. CREDIT: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Jun 15 (IPS)…
Rural women are often targeted by human traffickers and taken across borders in Africa and forced to become sex workers. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, April 29, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the…
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