Excluding Food Systems From Climate Deal Is a Recipe for Disaster

As they ate catered meals, COP30 negotiators had no appetite for fixing broken food systems, a major source of climate pollution.

US lawmakers strike $50B foreign assistance deal, surpassing Trump’s plan

The compromise appropriations bill avoids deeper cuts proposed by President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers, rebrands or consolidates major aid accounts and saves key programs.

How Nature Is Reclaiming Its Place Across the Rwandan Capital

By Annonciata Byukusenge and Freddie Clayton As climate change and urbanization intensify flooding in Rwanda, the capital of Kigali has embraced nature-based solutions. The city is restoring and reshaping 18,000 acres of degraded wetlands, planting native species to filter and slow runoff, and enhancing biodiversity. Maurice Manishimwe runs a small garage beside a fuel station […]

The future of ‘development’ – and IDS@60

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Development Studies based at the University of Sussex. IDS has been an independent institute linked to the university since June 1966, so the b…

Conservation’s unfinished business

Conservation often presents itself as a technical enterprise: how much land to protect, which species to prioritize, what policies deliver results. A recent paper in Nature argues that this framing misses something fundamental. Many of the field’s most persistent failures, the authors contend, cannot be understood without confronting how race, power, and historical exclusion continue […]

Uganda, Tanzania set October start for first oil exports via pipeline

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is nearing completion, with officials saying construction is on track for first exports in October.

Mozambique: Government returns property to Catholic Church in Beira

The Mozambican government has returned a formerly state-occupied property in Beira to the Catholic Church. The handover, which took place on Friday, 9 January,

Uganda opposition candidate says he will review oil deals if elected next week

Welcome to the international year of rangelands and pastoralists, 2026

This year is the United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. This is an important moment to celebrate the role of pastoralists across the world, recognising their unique contr…

The history of the Zambezi River is a tale of culture, conquest and commerce

Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver mines in Africa.