September 11
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 »
September 10
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 »
August 14
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 »
June 13
South Africa: 'A Mockery of Equity' - Experts Warn of Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Apartheid in South Africa
Without decisive policies, the uneven benefits of electric vehicles may make the world's most unequal country even more unequal. Read more »
June 12
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 »
May 23
South Africa: South Africa 2024 - What Are Parties Promising On Energy and Climate?
Some parties' manifestos fall shorter than others. Some fall so far short they would arguably take us backwards. Read more »
May 21
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 »
May 14
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 »
March 28
Africa: TotalEnergies At 100 - a Legacy of Destruction in Africa
Displacements, environmental damage, and CO2 emissions from projects in Mozambique and Uganda are just the latest chapter in a long story. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Energy Crisis Is Driving a 'Solar Boom', but There's a Downside
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. Read more »
February 28
Mozambique: Peril or Prosperity? the Risks Facing Mozambique's Long-Awaited Gas Boom
From conflict and long deferred revenues to falling gas demand, there are many reasons to believe Mozambique's LNG deal has become a liability. Read more »
December 07, 2023
South Africa: What Went Wrong With South Africa's Once Pioneering Just Transition Plan?
Two years into the world's first Just Energy Transition Partnership, some fear it will amount to ''green structural adjustment''. Read more »
November 16, 2023
Namibia: Nation's $10bn Green Hydrogen Project Raises Myriad Concerns
A months-long investigation highlights fears of the impact of an opaque EU-backed mega-project on nature and livelihoods. Read more »
September 20, 2023
South Africa: 'Urban Politics' in Rural Libode, South Africa - Residents Protest Extended Power Outages
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 »
June 23, 2023
Uganda: 'Danger Is Imminent' - Ugandans Blame EACOP Tree Clearings for Floods
Floods submerged farms near TotalEnergies' 700-acre industrial area. The oil major has compensated 88 people. Officials say thousands were affected. Read more »
June 01, 2023
Zambia: Zambia - the President's Five-Point Plan to Stay in Power At All Costs
Hichilema is desperate to retain power and already has a worrying plan three years ahead of time. Read more »
May 09, 2023
Mozambique: The Return to Cabo Delgado - Gas, War, and the Emergence of Total Land
While TotalEnergies remains coy about restarting the $20bn gas project, Mozambicans are coming home in the conspicuous absence of the state. Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: The Loud Part the IPCC Said Quietly, Global North Needs to Use Less Energy #AfricaClimateHope
You can't replace fossil fuels with renewables like swapping out a battery. The Global North will also have to drastically reduce its energy use. Read more »