Author: Hubert FOY | Director & Senior Research Scientist | AFRICSIS For a long time, nuclear energy was a nonstarter in World Bank corridors. The 2013 formalization of its ban on nuclear funding, prompted by global anxieties after the Fukushima disaster, had become a fixture of development finance orthodoxy. Countries that might have entertained the […]
In July 2023, the OPCW confirmed the verified destruction of all declared chemical weapons stockpiles, marking a historic milestone for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). As the most universal disarmament treaty, the CWC has outlawed the development and possession of chemical weapons since 1997. This achievement advances the OPCW’s mission to eliminate chemical weapons and offers renewed hope for global arms control efforts.
