Africa: Smart Gamble or Foolish Risk? the Case for and Against Nuclear in Africa

Nuclear energy is low carbon, high intensity and consistent, but also expensive, hazardous, and perhaps simply unnecessary. Read more »

Africa: African Philanthropy - Reflections On Equitable Giving

Western imperialism arrived in Africa, dubiously, as philanthropy. In the 21st century, what is the meaning and impact of African philanthropy? Read more »

South Africa: Harris or Trump? South Africa's AGOA Fate Hangs in the Balance

Facing Washington's wrath for her perceived anti-US foreign policy positions may not be as catastrophic as previously imagined. Read more »

Uganda: It's Time for Total and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation to Clean Up and Go Home

A months-long investigation into the Kingfisher oil project in Uganda finds disastrous consequences for the environment and human rights. Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Rise of the Mbingas

Commonly called mbingas for their penchant for luxury, many of Zimbabwe's richest men and women are vessels for the ruling party's looting of state coffers. Read more »

Africa: The Deepfake Is a Powerful Weapon in the War in Sudan

While still rudimentary - voice-cloning models can't yet relay convincing Sudanese dialects - the use of Deepfakes is now routinely used on Sudan's violent, if bloodless,… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia in the Red Sea Arena - Tensions and Domestic Implications

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 »

Uganda: 'An Ecological War Is Going On' - Uganda Charcoal Booms Despite Ban

Our undercover investigation highlights how easily corruption and unclear borders continue to undermine the charcoal ban in Uganda. Read more »

Africa: How the World Bank and IMF Can Truly Drive a Clean Energy Transition

The financial institutions' current approaches to funding renewable energy projects are far too limited, rigid, and opaque. Read more »

Africa: Africa in a Multipolar World

How does the continent press its advantages in the age of multipolarity, summit diplomacy and the new scramble for minerals for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Read more »

South Africa: Will an Investor-Friendly Mining Policy Turn the Economy Around?

Reviving South Africa's flagging mining sector will take much more than the cosmetics of a new investor-friendly policy. Read more »

South Africa: Why Gas Is Not a Good Alternative to Coal for South Africa

Vested interests are lobbying for gas as a transition fuel despite its many economic, logistical, and environmental risks. Read more »

Africa: Hundreds of Local Malawians Quietly Leave World Bank Climate Project

Experts warn that payment problems and a lack of local ownership could undermine the effectiveness of a nationwide adaptation project. Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Quest for a Seaport, Egypt and the Geopolitics of the Nile Basin

Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt go back decades and reveal a web of Cold War intrigue, clandestine diplomacy and internal meddling. With Cairo winning friends and Addis Ababa… Read more »

Africa: Without Debt Relief, Africa Is Fighting Climate Change With Its Hands Tied

Africa spends nearly three times more servicing its external debt than it receives in climate finance. Debt cancelation is urgent and critical. Read more »

Africa: 'Absolutely Ridiculous' - Zombie Mines Multiply in SA's Opaque Coal Sector

African Arguments visited ten "active" coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals. Read more »

Africa: Hiding the Coco - Women Farmers Anticipating Old Age

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 »

Rwanda: Beneath the Facade of Consensus Democracy

25 years after the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue birthed 'consensus democracy', it is now time to revisit and renew the system. Read more »

Zambia: Zambia Faces 21-Hour Power Cuts As Lake Kariba Dries Up

Zambia and Zimbabwe are looking to diversify their energy mix as climate change linked droughts and heat make hydropower less reliable. Read more »

Africa: Ethnicity and Geography in Nigeria's Leather Trading Industry

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: When Will African Leaders Resist the Neocolonial Summons?

140 years after imperial powers at the Berlin Conference carved up the continent and its resources, Africa's leaders are still trooping to global centres of capital, committed to… Read more »

Africa: The Continent Falling Behind - Africa's Placement in the Global Feminist Foreign Policy Discourse

Why has the Afro-feminist movement remained conspicuously absent in global discussions on Feminist Foreign Policy? Read more »

Nigeria: Who's Afraid of Aliko Dangote?

The $19 billion Dangote Refinery could meet Nigeria's refined product needs. This upsets prosperous local importers - and the regulators who have lived comfortably in their… Read more »

Africa: Green Hydrogen - Africa Is Not Europe's Battery

Like elsewhere on the continent, Tunisia's rush of proposed green hydrogen projects prioritise Europe's needs over its own. Read more »

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 »