North's First
For the climate advocates specifically those for community-centered, inclusive, and just climate finance frameworks, the key COP29 outcomes offer both opportunities and challenges in this regard.
According to Daniel Okello, Executive Director and Technical Lead of Passion Aid Foundation Africa, the engagement is a positive step forward, particularly for NGOs, CBOs, and CSOs operating in northern Uganda.
In recent research conducted in partnership with National Democratic Institute and Lango Civil Society Network, it indicates that 74 per cent of the population in the sub-region strongly believed that the 2021 general elections were violent.
Rev Nelly Nelsons Otto who presented a paper on peace journalism tasked journalists to stick to news values by avoiding distortion of photos/videos, audios, to present a lopsided article.
Alarming in the Horn of Africa is that, at least 36.1 million people have now been affected by the drought which began in October 2020.
Dr Nicholas Orago, Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi’s School of Law, all regions of Africa are experiencing one form of climate-related displacement or migration due to either flooding, droughts or conflicts due to dwindling resources.
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