Africa: How Progressive Taxation Can Raise Trillions for Climate Action

A new report finds that developed countries could raise $2 trillion in climate finance per year by raising their tax-to-GDP ratios by four points. Read more »

Africa: How Afrobeats Is Sampling Nostalgia for the Gen Zs

With the industry awash with money, global notoriety, bold Afrobeats producers are buying early Afrobeats records, channelling them to an audience seeking its slice of the musical… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: 'He Didn't Allow Me' - Gender and the Great Green Wall

Experiences in northeast Nigeria suggest women struggle to participate in climate initiatives unless gender dynamics are carefully integrated. Read more »

Africa: Eritrea At 33 - Exporting Internal Strife, Navigating Regional Tensions and Steadily Looking East

More than a generation since it won its hard-fought independence, Eritrea is synonymous with Isaias Afwerki. For better. Or for worse. Read more »

Africa: 'Patience Is Running Out' - Did Bonn Make Progress On Climate Finance?

An expert panel give their verdict on critical climate negotiations at the just-concluded conference in Bonn. Read more »

Africa: 'Three Things We Need G7 to Do' - an Open Letter From 49 MPs Across Africa

A group of parliamentarians from 20 countries across Africa call for debt forgiveness, financial reform, and climate commitments to be met. Read more »

Africa: The G7 Is Right to Put Food At the Heart of Climate Plans. but How Matters

Policymaking that sidelines farmers in countries like Madagascar, where I am Agriculture Minister, can be as harmful as the climate crisis itself. Read more »

Africa: Funding Early Warning Systems Will Save Lives and Pay for Itself in No Time

Investing $1 billion in early warning systems would avoid $35 billion in losses each year. Read more »

Africa: 'We're Not Quite There Yet' - IPCC Chair Talks South Representation and More

In an exclusive interview, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discusses the ways forward for the next set of reports. Read more »

Africa: Land Squeeze - the Hidden Battle for Africa's Soils

Land grabbing is not just back with a vengeance. It is taking on new guises such as carbon offsets, green hydrogen schemes, and other "green grabs". Read more »

Africa: The AfDB At a Crossroads - to Keep Funding Fossil Fuels or Not?

Next week, the African Development Bank should choose transparency, inclusivity, and a green future over continued support for oil and gas. Read more »

Africa: '2024 Is Our 1994!' - a South African Election Travelogue

Almost two-thirds of the current electorate could not have voted in the first all-race elections in 1994. After the apathy of the past 15 years, why does voting feel so important… Read more »

Africa: German Colonial Amnesia and the Destruction of Gaza

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: There Is an Alternative to Costly, Carbon-Emitting Chemical Fertilisers

Africa's soils are not merely depleted but in crisis, and decades of reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides have exacerbated the problem. Read more »

Africa: Towards a Borderless Africa - How the AfCFTA Is Changing the Narrative On Continental Integration

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: Don't Gaslight Africa - We Need Genuinely Clean Cooking Solutions

The IEA summit, where oil and gas execs are well-represented, will see gas as the solution. What Africa needs is people-centred renewable energy. Read more »