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Aug 18, 2026
Africa’s This article examines how non-formal education (NFE) cultivates civic agency among African youth. Drawing on experiential learning theories and comparative case studies from Africa, it argues that NFE provides …
Aug 18, 2026
Africa’s vast natural wealth stands in stark contrast to its enduring poverty and economic stagnation – a contradiction rooted in colonial legacies that established extractive institutions and external dependencies. Tod…
Aug 18, 2026
Forced migration in Africa is more than a humanitarian crisis; it reshapes political, economic, and social structures by altering identities, redrawing borders, and challenging governance. This paper examines the histor…
Aug 17, 2026
Climate change arguably constitutes the foremost global challenge facing the world today. Its impact is multi-faceted and manifests itself through various unpredictable weather phenomena, the brunt of which is borne lar…
Aug 17, 2026
India’s central and state governments have proposed large-scale projects to promote coastal resilience. The ongoing efforts to adapt to frequent episodes of urban flooding in Chennai, the capital of the state of Tamil N…
Aug 17, 2026
India faces severe environmental challenges, including climate change, deforestation, pollution, and resource depletion, which disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Green Social Work (GSW) offers a crucial…
Aug 17, 2026
In concert with population growth, crime, and inefficient police action, climate change has driven the farmer-herder crisis in the central zone of Nigeria. The crisis has resulted in deaths, destroyed property and cause…
Aug 17, 2026
This essay explores the emerging threat of illicit financial flows (IFFs) within Africa’s expanding carbon market, drawing parallels to the historical “resource curse” seen in mining and oil. It illuminates how fraudule…
Aug 17, 2026
This paper examines the Hawala system, an ancient remittance mechanism enabling money transfers without physical fund movement. Originating from medieval commerce in the Near and Middle East and China’s Tang Dynasty, Ha…
Aug 17, 2026
India's environmental-justice discourse is shaped by two inter-related factors: grassroots community stewardship and environmental judicial activism. Based on the inter-play between law and society, these factors have p…
Aug 17, 2026
COP28 is over, and the participants finally managed to agree on a consensus document. But it is childish superstition to believe that the outcome will really reduce greenhouse emissions. What is needed is a focus on two…
Aug 17, 2026
Gold is Suriname’s largest export, accounting for more than half of total exports in recent years. Suriname’s modern history has been marked by widespread corruption, economic instability, and state collusion with trans…
Aug 17, 2026
The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a US$20 billion global industry, with significant environmental, economic, and sociopolitical harms. Fueled by a complex interplay of drivers and enabling factors, IWT poses concrete …
Aug 17, 2026
The fundamental rights recognised in Brazil’s Federal Constitution seek to guarantee all individuals a life with dignity. It turns out that such rights have been marked by a process of transformations based on social re…
Aug 17, 2026
Recent data from Tanzania's National Bureau of Statistics show the alarming extent of malnutrition: 35% of under-five children classified as stunted and 15% as underweight, demanding urgent intervention. This paper inve…
Aug 17, 2026
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in improving food security and reducing poverty in Africa, as well as in promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation and general progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG…
Aug 17, 2026
Corn, at 47 billion bushels annually, is the second most produced crop globally, serving as a key staple food for billions. The U.S. is the world's largest producer and consumer, producing 13.7 billion bushels in 2023. …
Aug 17, 2026
This study compares the performance of conventional and agritourism farming to investigate how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected agricultural efficiency. The study was carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in…
Aug 17, 2026
This study compares the performance of conventional and agritourism farming to investigate how the COVID-19 epidemic has affected agricultural efficiency. The study was carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in…
Aug 17, 2026
Living well below 10% of the global average income, 34% of humankind and 65% of Africans have less to spend on food each day than what USD 3 can buy in the United States. The resulting nutritional deficits cause severe …
Aug 17, 2026
Unhealthy foods, availed through food retail supermarkets, restaurant franchises, and the local street food market, have become everyday foods for the average South African. Reliance on unhealthy food results in high in…
Aug 17, 2026
Land fragmentation is a critical issue in Kenya, posing a major threat to food security in the country. This study investigates the impact of land fragmentation on food security, with a focus on changes in agricultural …
Aug 17, 2026
Agripreneurship has huge potential to create employment, especially for youths and women, and thereby to reduce poverty in Africa. It is among the most promising sectors in Africa and an essential driver of economic dev…
Aug 17, 2026
The London Debt Agreement’s 70th anniversary provides an occasion to compare present “debt management” with the extremely generous debt reduction Germany received in 1953. After triggering two World Wars, Germany's cred…