Bridging Africa's digital divide: The rise of community internet

In villages and townships, Africans are building their own internet infrastructure to connect, and protect, the unconnected

'My computer is my weapon': Afghan woman journalist stands up to Taliban

Journalist Zahra Joya was forced to flee Afghanistan but continues to run her news agency from a London hotel

Tax the rich to help promote social inclusion, says Jeffrey D. Sachs

Economist warns inequality will worsen as workers compete with tech advances, and private sector alone can't reverse it

ANALYSIS-Coal power stand at COP26 climate talks lends India time to transition

At Glasgow summit, India rejected a bid to phase out coal power, arguing it still needs the high-carbon fuel to develop, while experts urged it to start preparing for a green shift

Who are Insulate Britain and what climate action do they want?

The protest group have been blocking roads in disruptive protests in an effort to raise the alarm on climate change

French dictionary sparks debate with non-binary 'iel' pronoun

French dictionary Le Robert, introduces new pronoun which is inclusive of non-binary people but French government is squarely against the move

Swiss to allow same-sex weddings from July 2022

Lawmakers approved Swiss "Marriage for All" initiative by a nearly two-thirds majority, making Switzerland one of the last countries in Western Europe to legalise gay marriage

INSIGHT-In Ivory Coast, a battle to save cocoa-ravaged forests

Ivory Coast's Ministry of Water and Forests estimates 20% to 30% of the roughly 2 million tonnes of cocoa produced annually is grown illegally and that practically all those beans enter the global supply chain

WIDER IMAGE-Ireland looks to seaweed in quest to curb methane from cows

As one of the largest exporters of beef and dairy in Europe, Ireland is trialing seaweed to feed cattle, in an effort to reduce climate-warming methane from livestock

South Africa taken to court over plan for new coal power

South Africa already has 15 coal plants with a nominal capacity of more than 38,000 megawatts (MW) and is the world's 12th biggest emitter of greenhouse gases

Croatia's seed-scattering drones replant forests hurt by fire

Croatia's summer forest fires often happen in areas hard to reach on foot so, using drones to replant tree seeds can help to protect acres of forestland damaged by fire

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