The development paradigm has fundamentally shifted in this decade of the 21st century. As progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) slows, the global development agenda is confronting an increasingly complex operating environment. Geopolitical fragmentation, conflicts, climate change, economic uncertainty, and technological disruption are reshaping development priorities, exposing the limits of traditional models of aid…
Browsing: changing
The profile of social activism in North Africa is changing. Young people in the region shifted away from demanding regime change after the thwarted hopes of the 2011 Arab uprisings and the 2019 Hirak movement in Algeria. Now, they tend to seek practical improvements in their social and economic conditions rather than wholesale political reform.
Rising carbon dioxide is boosting grass growth across Africa’s savannas, with consequences for wildlife, fire, and carbon storage.
