April 10
Africa: Africa's Democratic Dividend
30-odd years after the restoration of multiparty democracy, is it time to reassess the practice of democracy? Read more »
April 09
Africa: The 'Not Expected' but 'Expected' Opening Speech of the African Union Commission Chairperson
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
April 08
Africa: Henry Chakava (1946 - 2024) - the Publisher Who Pricked the People Into Consciousness
Chakava is best remembered for publishing some of the giants of East African literature - Okot p'Bitek, Mazrui, Meja Mwangi, Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye, and most notably (and… Read more »
March 28
Africa: TotalEnergies At 100 - a Legacy of Destruction in Africa
Displacements, environmental damage, and CO2 emissions from projects in Mozambique and Uganda are just the latest chapter in a long story. Read more »
March 26
Africa: The Future of IGAD Amidst Turmoil in the Horn
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
March 20
Africa: The AfDB's $61bn Initiative Will Transform Agriculture but for Whom?
The one-size-fits-all Dakar II plan risks sacrificing biodiversity and smallholders for the sake of private interests. There is an alternative. Read more »
March 12
Africa: How a Shipping Carbon Tax Could Help Africa Build Climate Resilient Trade
Pricing the emissions of the international shipping industry could raise $100 billion/yr. Read more »
March 01
Africa: 'I'd Give Anything to Go Back' - Pygmy Communities Face Eviction in Virunga
Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, displacements in the name of conservation continue in the DRC. Read more »
March 06
Africa: Democracy At Work - Senegalese Citizens Reshaping the Social Contract
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
Africa: I Was the First African to Receive the Goethe Medal. I Just Gave It Back
I cannot stay silent or keep an official decoration from a government this callous to human suffering in Gaza, explains the award-winning writer. Read more »
February 29
Africa: Greenwashing Blood Money Should Have No Place in African Sport
TotalEnergies' sponsorship of AFCON, a celebration of African unity and resilience, was an insult to people across the continent. Read more »
February 20
Africa: The First Oil Shock - February 1974 and the Making of Our Times
Triggered by the 1973 Yom Kippur war, an unprecedented surge in global oil prices took hold the following year. Spiralling inflation forced workers, students and soldiers onto the… Read more »
February 19
Africa: 'We Demand' - a Collective Statement to the African Union
A movement of dozens of African civil society groups call on the AU to take actions in pursuit of climate justice, peace, and equality. Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia's Quest for Sea Access and the Question of Somali Sovereignty
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »
February 16
Africa: Africa in the Global Village
Hidden in plain sight, Africans are in the thick of the kind of history-making that will define the 21st century. Read more »
February 13
Africa: Democracy in Peril - Amb Johnnie Carson on Situation in Senegal
The looming danger of democratic collapse is a challenge to friends of Senegal and democracy to do better. Read more »
Africa: The South Must Unite to End Debt and Shape a New Economic Order
The inequities of the global financial system have changed little for decades. What's new, with the climate crisis, is the urgency of fixing them. Read more »
Africa: Mali - Defiant and Alone, Will the Junta Defeat the Jihadis?
Revolting against the French, expelling a UN force and walking out of ECOWAS, the Assimi Goita junta is taking out its frustrations with the jihadis on everyone. How does it save… Read more »
February 02
Africa: Is Italy's $6bn Plan for Africa Just PR-Friendly Neocolonialism?
The Mattei Plan was drawn up without any input from African leaders and is named after the controversial founder of Italy's fossil fuels major. Read more »
January 24
Africa: Africa's Life-Sustaining Water Towers Have Been Overlooked for Too Long
International researchers' focus on ice to define natural water towers leaves Africa's critical systems off the map, and with little protection. Read more »
January 23
Africa: The Grim Realities of Western Climate Change Discourse On Africa
Where do African peoples fit into Western narratives on climate change, if at all? The Atlantic's "grim ironies" article provides a cautionary tale. Read more »
January 16
Africa: The Best African Books of 2023
Once more, African writers from the continent and diaspora have provided us some literary gems. Our top novels of 2023, in no particular order. Read more »
January 01
Africa: Africa Elections 2024 - All the Upcoming Votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2024. Read more »
January 11
Africa: Five Maddening Facts About Climate Finance
New in-depth analysis finds that less than one-third of donors' commitments have actually been dispersed for climate projects. Read more »
January 10
Africa: COP28 Just About Put Food Systems On the Climate Agenda. Now We Build
Though the talks' long overdue focus on food and agriculture ultimately disappointed, it provides a starting point for future action and advocacy. Read more »