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The COP29 conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan in November this year put the spotlight on the wide chasm between money coming into Africa to address climate change and the funds flowing out.

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Across Southern Africa, rangelands support a large amount of small-scale, communal livestock farming. A new IDS-led project, with partners in South Africa and the UK, explores the potential and challenges of context-sensitive and community-led approaches for stewardship of these rangelands.

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2025 is poised to be a pivotal year for Africa’s agricultural transformation. With robust frameworks and evolving technologies, the continent is well-positioned to drive a shift toward sustainable, resilient, and inclusive food systems.

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 Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may be both slowing down and changing shape.

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Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing at 2.7% per year and is expected to reach two billion by the year 2050. The region’s urban population is growing even faster: it was at 533 million in 2023, a 3.85% increase from 2022.