The GEF actively supports climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods in Zanzibar, with a specific focus on the seaweed farming sector, which is crucial for over 20,000 farmers—mostly women—in the region. Here a woman identified as Jazaa is pictured working as a seaweed farmer. She carefully attaches little seaweed seedlings to the rope that she will harvest after two months. Credit: Natalija...

A bulk carrier takes on vast loads of coal at Mtwara Port in southern Tanzania – an image that underscores the stubborn grip of fossil fuels even as global negotiators push for a Net-Zero Framework to steer shipping toward cleaner energy. Credit: Kizito Makoye Shigela/IPS By Kizito MakoyeDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Apr 16 2026 – As global shipping braces for another round of high-stakes negotiations,...

Credit: 279photo/iStock by Getty Images. Source: IMF By Hippolyte Balima, Andresa Lagerborg and Evgenia WeaverWASHINGTON DC, Apr 16 2026 – War is again defining the global landscape. After decades of relative calm following the Cold War, the number of active conflicts has surged in recent years to levels not seen since the end of the Second World War. Meanwhile, rising geopolitical tensions...