November 21, 2023
Africa: Brics-Plus Leaders Agree to Disagree On Contentious Middle East Issues
In a virtual summit held on Tuesday, leaders of the BRICS-Plus bloc skirted potential disagreements over members' differing positions on the Middle East conflict. Read more »
November 20, 2023
Africa: Talks On New Global Plastic Treaty 'Held Hostage' By Petrochemical Industry
Negotiations on a global plastic treaty stalled in Kenya at the weekend, with some non-government groups describing the talks as a 'massive failure'. Read more »
November 14, 2023
Africa: Ukraine Can Rest Only Once It Has Expelled Russia, Zelensky Tells African Journalists
The Ukrainian president has acknowledged, however, that his country needed a large infusion of sophisticated Western weapons to achieve this. Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: Prosper Africa Coordinates 17 US Agencies to Help Boost Africa's Low Participation in AGOA
The root of the problem is that Africa is simply not producing enough goods that the US wants to buy. Read more »
Africa: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere - Decades of Talking Move Closer to Global Action
Governments are meeting in Nairobi next week to craft a new global treaty on plastic pollution before the end of 2024. It aims to have an emphasis on reducing plastic pollution of… Read more »
November 05, 2023
Africa: Big Shortfall in Climate Funding Needed By Developing Countries Is 'Hugely Worrying' - UNEP
The funding developing countries need to deal with the present impacts of climate change (adaptation finance) is 50% bigger than previously thought, with Unep estimating the… Read more »
October 30, 2023
Africa: New Global Push to Protect Women From Health Hazards of 'Whiter Skin' Creams
Several African governments will submit proposals calling for more concerted global action to protect women - and a growing number of men - from suffering permanent skin damage and… Read more »
October 28, 2023
Africa: South Africa Delivers the Pièce De Résistance of Rugby World Cup in Historic Victory Over New Zealand
Belligerent Boks deliver back-to-back world titles in Paris nailbiter as Springboks won their fourth Rugby World Cup title by retaining the title they won in 2019 on a wet and cold… Read more »
October 26, 2023
Africa: Continent Is Key Source of Minerals for Global Energy Transition - But There Are Hidden Dangers
If Africa is to successfully exploit its critical mineral endowments, it must navigate a complex geopolitical environment, manage important policy trade-offs and foster regional… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Africa: Africa Energy Week - Where Climate Science Makes Way for the Gods of Gas and Coal
Over the course of the week, the organisers of Africa Energy Week 2023 gave a key platform to alleged fraudsters, sanctioned Russian energy companies, oil giants and people who… Read more »
October 12, 2023
Africa: The Irony of Africa Energy Week's Capture By the Oil and Gas Industry
As Africans, we must ask ourselves one question: how can we transition to renewable energy when we keep allowing entities with a clear and conflicting agenda to dominate our table?… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Africa: Top Scientists Make U.S.$3 Billion Plea to Rich Nations to Help Conserve Continent's Lions
Facing the grim reality of potential extinction, Africa's iconic but underexposed wild lion populations are crying out for help -- and for investors with deep, patient pockets. Read more »
September 20, 2023
Africa: African Peace Initiative On Russia-Ukraine Conflict 'Bearing Fruit' - Ramaphosa
Following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Cyril Ramaphosa said South Africa's peace efforts regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine were bearing… Read more »
September 12, 2023
Africa: Four Nations Line Up to 'Rewild' Massive Herd of 'Homeless' Rhinos
In what will likely be the world's largest mass translocation of rhinos, conservation groups are planning to move 300 rhinos a year for the next 10 years to locations across South… Read more »
Africa: African Union Tribunal Blasts AU Commission Chair for 'Serious Obstruction of Justice'
The African Union's Administrative Tribunal has rescinded AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat's appointment of the AU legal counsel and blasted Faki for "obstructing… Read more »
September 11, 2023
Africa: The African Union's Long Walk to G20 Membership Has Paid Off, Now the Hard Work Starts
The AU must not just be a passenger within the G20 network, but should see its membership as an opportunity to provide leadership to a broken global system. Read more »
Africa: Admission of the African Union Into the Now G21 a Significant and Critical Step Up
The timing could not have been better as Africa continues to seek a more important role on the global stage and presses for meaningful roles in the global bodies that long… Read more »
August 24, 2023
Africa: Renewable Energy Focus Could Steer Brics Towards Formation of Powerful Climate Club
BRICS could be the catalyst for a new global alliance to power solutions to the world's climate crisis. Read more »
Africa: Wagner Group's Operations Likely to be Curtailed After Reported Death of Leader
It was what many felt was an accident waiting to happen. Almost three months after he seized a military base and led an abortive march on Moscow, killing 13 Russian Air Force… Read more »
August 20, 2023
Africa: Morocco Furiously Denies South African Claim That It Has Sought Membership of Brics
Rabat also insists it will not attend the BRICS Summit this week 'at any level whatsoever'. Read more »
August 09, 2023
Africa: Human Rights Abuses and Anti-Democratic Disinformation Are Hallmarks of Wagner, Other Mercenary Groups in Africa
Private military contractors have developed into worldwide high-stakes businesses, with the Wagner Group smuggling gold out of Sudan to the tune of $130bn annually. However, there… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Africa: Poor Turnout of African Leaders Expected At Putin's Summit
One of the big questions about the summit is whether any African leaders will urge Putin to rescind his decision of last week to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Read more »
July 24, 2023
Africa: Daily Maverick Barred From Russia-Africa Summit After Journalist Accreditation Revoked
The publication's accreditation to cover the Summit in St Petersburg this week, was rescinded without explanation on the eve of departure. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Africa: Pan-African Parliament Slammed for Appointing Alleged Gold Smuggler As Religious Ambassador
The 'prophet' Uebert Angel was recently exposed as a key player in a major gold smuggling racket. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: It's Time to Remove the Wagner Killers From Africa
Watching the implosion of Russia's military cohesion has become an amusing spectator sport. But for Africans, it is deadly serious. While it has risen to global prominence because… Read more »