November 16, 2023
Africa: The Loud Silence Around Africa's Complicity in the Slave Trade
When will we have an honest conversation about Africa's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade? Read more »
Africa: What Does Africa Need Most From COP28?
A panel of African climate experts identify the continent's key priorities at the UAE climate talks. Read more »
November 15, 2023
Africa: Green Exploitation Is Still Exploitation
If leaders give in to the temptation of short-term gains, the extraction of Africa's transition minerals will follow familiar colonial dynamics. Read more »
November 14, 2023
Africa: Without Warning - Africa's Lack of Weather Stations Is Costing Lives
The US and EU, with a population of 1.1 billion, have 636 weather radar stations. Africa, with a population of 1.2 billion, has just 37. Read more »
November 09, 2023
Africa: African Makers Deserve New Things
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 »
Eritrea: All the President's Men - Isaias Afwerki's Close Circle
Eritrea's Isaias Afwerki has cultivated an ability to ward off threats, both internal and external. Below are profiles of his inner circle. Read more »
Liberia: Could Joseph Boakai Do a Biden in Liberia's Run-Off Election?
At 78, Boakai is the veteran bridesmaid of Liberian politics; like his American counterpart, he runs against a populist megastar with a comical grasp of governance. Will the… Read more »
Africa: Next Stop COP - the Compromises At the Heart of the Loss and Damage Text
After a year of debate, developing countries made significant concessions in their eagerness to pass recommendations that now go to COP28. Read more »
November 04, 2023
Africa: Liberal Democracy Is in Crisis, Does It Need Rethinking?
Authoritarianism is on the rise, coups back in fashion, and elections reduced to a perfunctory ritual. How do we reverse the slide? Read more »
November 02, 2023
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Third Generation Feminists After Covid-19
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 »
Africa: President Ruto Is Not Africa's Mia Mottley
Kenya's president has reinvented himself as Africa's climate champion, but his policy contradictions reveal that this is just his latest hustle. Read more »
November 01, 2023
Africa: Who Stands With Palestine?
The UN's failure to intervene effectively in the current crisis is sowing the seeds of its eventual demise - even as Israel's principle enabler destroys the last vestiges of its… Read more »
Africa: Revealed - Under One-Quarter of UK Climate Aid to Africa Goes to African-Based Orgs
The UK channels most of its climate aid to Africa through Western organisations, including $1 billion through private consultancies. Read more »
October 31, 2023
Zimbabwe: Doubts Grow Over Who'll Benefit From UAE Carbon Deal for Fifth of Zimbabwe
Carbon credit projects may make profits for a Dubai-based firm, but experts and locals are sceptical about benefits to communities and the climate. Read more »
Ethiopia: Will the Rebellion in Amhara Unravel the Ethiopian State?
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is grappling with a new rebellion in Amhara, simmering conflicts in several regions and a major economic crisis. His response? To take careful aim at his… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Election 2023 - a Stable, Secure and Prosperous DRC Is Possible
Destabilised by the global scramble for its vast mineral riches, the forthcoming election could trigger the nation's transformation to prosperity - but only if it is conducted… Read more »
October 25, 2023
Sudan: The Sinews of Sudan's Latest War
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 »
Africa: Green Hydrogen - Africa's Chance to Break the Colonial Extractive Dynamic
European countries are, once again, desperate for the continent's resources. Why aren't African governments demanding more in return? Read more »
October 24, 2023
Gabon: Françafrique's Pet Project Remains Indispensable to Paris
Unlike the other coups in Francophone Africa, the August coup in Libreville appears to have been a change of guard rather than a revolt. Read more »
October 19, 2023
Africa: New Research Further Debunks Legend of the Green Revolution
As farming becomes more precarious, some are calling for a second Green Revolution, this time in Africa. India's experience provides dire warnings. Read more »
October 17, 2023
Africa: Africans, Slavery and Reparations - Why Nana Akufo-Addo's Claims Are Deeply Flawed
While the Ghanaian president made bold claims for reparations to African states, the African elite's long silence about its role in the slave trade speaks volumes. Read more »
October 13, 2023
Africa: African Concerns Offer Preview of Global Stocktake Tensions
The synthesis report hints at fossil fuel consensus, but African negotiators are displeased with its approach to equity, finance, and tech transfer. Read more »
October 12, 2023
Africa: Has African Climate Fiction Already Shown Us the Future?
From cities within sand-storms to biotech implants, African writers are imagining diverse climate futures. Here are five recommended reads. Read more »
October 11, 2023
Cameroon: How Climate Change Is Forcing Elephants and Humans to Share Space
As northern Cameroon heats up, elephants are migrating in search of food and water and increasingly finding themselves in face-to-face to humans. Read more »
South Africa: Informal Retailers - a Missed Opportunity for Tackling Food Insecurity in South Africa's Covid-19 Response
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 »