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 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 »
December 20, 2023
Africa: Migration and Displacement in African Cities
Constant Cap, Rebecca Enobong Roberts and Taibat Lawanson examine the gaps in planning and policy around urban migration. Read more »
December 12, 2023
Zambia: Zambia Is On the Verge of Being a One-Party State
The ruling party's bid to either destroy or take control of the main opposition has taken a huge leap forwards in recent days. Read more »
Africa: ''if Not Now, When?'' African Voices On the Final Day of COP28
As COP28 enters, and overshoots, its final deadline, African representatives express both dismay and determination. Read more »
August 29, 2023
Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Can Cash Transfers Prevent Starvation and State Collapse?
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
August 30, 2023
Africa: View(s) From Africa - What's At Stake At Africa Climate Week?
We asked a panel of policy experts about their hopes, fears, and expectations from the Africa Climate Summit and Week. Read more »
August 17, 2023
Africa: Africa's Unique Path to Sustainable Industrialisation
As a latecomer to industrialisation, the continent faces some unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities. Read more »
June 23, 2023
Uganda: 'Danger Is Imminent' - Ugandans Blame EACOP Tree Clearings for Floods
Floods submerged farms near TotalEnergies' 700-acre industrial area. The oil major has compensated 88 people. Officials say thousands were affected. Read more »
May 04, 2023
Tanzania: 'They Wish We Didn't Exist' - Tanzania School Goers Speak of Transport Woes
In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Read more »
April 15, 2023
Africa: Inclusion and Innovation Key to African Media Sustainability
Forced to adapt to the political establishment, and financially beset by Big Data, what is the future of Africa's media? Read more »
Liberia: Is Liberia Heading Towards an Electoral Crisis?
A much-criticised census and a cash-strapped electoral commission are the biggest signs that the October elections could be bungled. Read more »
April 06, 2023
Africa: Co-Optation of Feminisms - the Funders' Agenda
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
Nigeria: How Nigeria Avoided Organized Violence During the 2023 Elections
Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi's candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence. Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: The Loud Part the IPCC Said Quietly, Global North Needs to Use Less Energy #AfricaClimateHope
You can't replace fossil fuels with renewables like swapping out a battery. The Global North will also have to drastically reduce its energy use. Read more »
December 20, 2022
Nigeria: Lagos Is Unique but Not in the Way People Think
The aspects of Lagos that are often vilified are exceptional only in their scale. Read more »
November 24, 2022
Malawi: 'I Did It All On a Phone' - the Hotline Changing Health Outcomes in Malawi
Health care in Malawi faces many challenges. A free national hotline is helping address one of them. Read more »
October 27, 2022
Tunisia: Tunisia's Decree Won't Stop Fake News. It Will Stop Free Speech
President Saied is now threatening another of Tunisia's hardest won freedoms. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: Borders Areas Should Be Used, Not Feared, in Pandemic Responses
Uganda's experience shows how communities near borders come up with effective strategies for disease control, while resisting disruptive state ones. Read more »