December 18, 2023
Africa: From Yom Kippur to the Abraham Accords - How Israel Procured Africa's Good Graces
After decades in diplomatic deep-freeze, how did Israel become one of Africa's best friends? Read more »
December 12, 2023
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 »
December 08, 2023
Africa: Zanzibar - Bungling the Fragile Coalition Raises the Stakes in the 2025 Elections
Ahead of the 2025 elections, is President Hussein Mwinyi risking the stability of the Isles by trashing the power-sharing deal? Read more »
December 06, 2023
Africa: Schrodinger's COP - How's Africa Faring At the Climate Talks At Halftime?
Texts that will shape future climate action are still under fierce contestation. Some drafts contain the best case scenario for Africa alongside the worst. Read more »
December 04, 2023
Africa: The Coup d'Etat Is Pushing Democracy to a Critical Reckoning
The putschists perpetuate instrumental, albeit flawed narratives portraying themselves as the ultimate repairmen of Africa's chronic governance problems. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Call to Action At COP28? Fund Adaptation
The environment minister of Zambia, chair of the African Group at COP28, outlines the continent's priority at the ongoing climate talks. Read more »
November 30, 2023
Africa: Climate Finance Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
How does climate finance work? What does Africa need? What will negotiators be pushing for at COP28? Read more »
Africa: Pan-African Responses to Europe's Restrictive Immigration Regime
As Europe pushes governments to restrict mobility, a new generation of thinkers are advancing new ideas of migration based on Pan-African ideals. Read more »
November 29, 2023
Africa: All Climate Action Is, Ultimately, Local. Talks and Efforts Must Reflect That
Local communities are not the beneficiaries of climate action. They are the leaders and experts we must learn from and support. Read more »
Africa: Global Stocktake Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
What is the Global Stocktake? Where does Africa stand on it? What could it mean for climate action? Read more »
Africa: Just Transition Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
How can Africa energise when caught in a debt trap? What would a truly just transition look like? What won't be on the table in Dubai? Read more »
December 03, 2023
Africa: Colombia Chooses Life At COP28 and Sets Example for Africa
The Latin American oil producer shows how true development lies in confronting rather than succumbing to fossil capital. Read more »
November 28, 2023
Africa: Slam Dunk for Business - The Growth of the African Sports Economy
African sport is going global: and with it come business opportunities, deals and alliances. Read more »
December 02, 2023
Africa: Two IMF Fixes That Could Channel Billions to Africa
The formula for allocating SDRs, an invaluable source of funding, was agreed in 1944 and channels the most money to the richest nations. Read more »
November 28, 2023
Africa: Adaptation Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
What is adaptation? What will African countries be arguing for at COP28? Against whom? Read more »
Africa: The Idea That Green Growth Will Save Africa Is Gaslighting 101
The marketisation of climate action, epitomised by Kenya's President Ruto, allows the super-rich to buy safety while the rest of us are left behind. Read more »
November 27, 2023
Africa: Loss and Damage Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
Why is the Loss and Damage fund so important for Africa and what will likely come out of the negotiations at COP28? Read more »
November 23, 2023
Africa: African Women Won't Be Heard At Cop So We Wrote Our Own Climate Plan
The Women's Climate Assembly brought together movements from across Africa and came up with a powerful declaration. Read more »
November 16, 2023
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »