LDCs Need Concessional Grants, Not Loans, Say Experts
Olaide Bankole was born and raised in Nigeria, and he observed how climate change was evident in the country with temperature rises and rainfall variability and how drought, desertification, and sea level rises have been affecting its people.
He is also aware of how rising sea levels threaten southern Nigerian cities like Lagos and coastal areas, increasing their vulnerability to flooding and waterborne diseases.
Civil Society Scores LGBTQI+ Rights Victory in Dominica
On 22 April, Dominica’s High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual same-sex relations, finding them unconstitutional. This made Dominica the sixth country in the Commonwealth Caribbean – and the fourth in the Eastern Caribbean – to decriminalise same-sex relations through the courts, and the first in 2024.
Media Freedom Declining Across Europe, With Implications for Rule of Law
A new report has warned media freedom in the EU is close to “breaking point” in many states amid rising authoritarianism across the continent.