Monthly Archives: July 2023

Climate Justice: an African Woman farmer’s perspective

Climate Justice: an African Woman farmer’s perspective

By Joan Leon - Programme Manager, RLS East Africa Office In recent decades, climate change has increasingly had a significant impact on the livelihoods and well-being of the global human population. It is further expected that, in tropical countries, increased heat stress, drought, loss of fertility on land and soil erosion will further lower food production come 2050. The level of damage from such impacts are adv ...

The EU-Kenya EPA Is Toxic for East Africa: The agreement signed last month sounds a death knell for regional economic integration

The EU-Kenya EPA Is Toxic for East Africa: The agreement signed last month sounds a death knell for regional economic integration

On 19 June, the Kenyan government concluded and signed the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) following a series of unsuccessful attempts to persuade the rest of the East African Community (EAC) to sign onto an EPA between the EU and the EAC as a whole. This comes two years after Kenya decided to pursue the EU-EAC EPA on its own and made a request at the EAC Heads of State Summit for an exemption to implem ...

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