August 08
Rwanda: Rwanda - the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Election
Kagame's latest electoral victory is testimony to the impressive work of the electoral commission in moulding the numbers to fit predetermined results. Read more »
Africa: Epidemic Preparedness - the Importance of Local Adaptation
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
August 05
Ethiopia: A Story Within a Story - the Making and Unmaking of Ethiopia's Imperial Messiah
This unauthorised biography of Abiy Ahmed is a nuanced, unsparing examination of a leader trying to hold together a republic being undone by its imperial legacy. Read more »
August 02
Africa: The Rise of the African Left
Bassirou Faye and PASTEF's victory in Senegal in March marked the stunning, decade-long rise of a leftist party. As Africa's Gen Z protest movements challenge the established… Read more »
July 31
Nigeria: 'I Almost Gave Up' - Famers in North Nigeria Sweat in Rising Heatwaves
A subsidy programme is helping farmers as the climate gets hotter and more unpredictable, but experts say it's far from enough. Read more »
Kenya: Debt and the Gen Z Protests - the Moral Economy of the African Crowd
A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya's youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt? Read more »
South Africa: Opening the Gate - Rural Hunger and the Limits of Absentee Welfarism in South Africa
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
July 30
Tanzania: Mkuki Bgoya - 'Swahili Writers Should Be Mandatory Reading in Tanzania, but There's a Deep Trauma Around Books'
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibari-born 2021 Nobel Literature laureate's grand homecoming was punctuated by the translation of his masterpiece, Paradise, into Kiswahili. His… Read more »
Africa: SBTi's Controversial Shift Has Given a New Lifeline to the Carbon Offset Ruse
The climate target body should follow the science and limit the use of carbon offsets to where there is really no other way. Read more »
July 25
Namibia: 'You Can't Wake Up Today and Tell Africans to Stop Cooking With Fire'
African Arguments spoke to Namibia's Industrialisation and Trade Minister about industrial strategy, unjust trade, and green hydrogen controversies. Read more »
Africa: Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy for Africa
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
July 23
Africa: Here Are 3 Steps Governments Can Take to Reduce Risks of Green Grabs
What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems? Read more »
July 22
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
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 »
July 17
South Africa: South Africa's New Pro-Coal Pro-Corporate Environment Minister
South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government. Read more »
July 16
Malawi: Malawi's Farmers On the Front Line of Climate Change-Related Storms
In one of the countries most vulnerable to extreme weather, mostly women farmers are struggling after losing land, livestock, and livelihoods. Read more »
July 15
South Africa: Shared Poverty and the Curse of Unemployment in Rural South Africa
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 »
July 11
Cameroon: 'All Is Lost'? - Cameroon's Controversial Logging in Biodiverse Ebo Forest
Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company? Read more »
July 09
Congo-Kinshasa: How the International Financial System Exports Extinction to the DRC
Biodiversity loss from unequal mining deals is not a glitch. It's the logical end point of multiple transnational pressures. Read more »
July 08
Africa: Houses of Hope - Populism and South Africa's Complex Urban-Rural Connections
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 »
Egypt: Cairo's Faustian Bargain With Brussels Sends Sudanese Refugees Back Into the Cauldron
The third deal the EU is signing with a 'partner' state since 2016, a cash-strapped Egypt did not hesitate to justify Europe's immigration paranoias for an infusion of euros. The… Read more »
July 04
Nigeria: The Jihadis Are Stalking Benin
Bandits from the Northern Nigerian hotspots of Zamfara and Katsina states are crossing over into northern Benin, buying up property and recruiting young men. Is this the moment… Read more »
July 03
Africa: The Drug Menace in the Heartland of the Boko Haram Insurgency
Referred to as 'Marlians' after British-Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, whose songs allegedly glorify the profane, they have become the face of a silent crisis in the wake of the… Read more »
Malawi: Ruling Tonse Alliance in a Tailspin
Suspicions around the death of VP Saulos Chilima augur badly for Chakwera's re-election hopes, and even worse for the ruling coalition. Read more »
July 02
Africa: A United Africa Is Now the Only Path to the Climate Justice
In the face of some nations' foot-dragging tactics, a pan-African front is all the more imperative, writes the chair of the African Group of Negotiators. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Lumumba Assassination - New Angle On the 20th Century's Longest Murder-Conspiracy
At 99, the memory of Patrice Lumumba only grows stronger, as a new book uncovers fresh details about his gruesome assassination 64 years ago. Read more »