December 16, 2025
Nigeria: Trump's Threats Could Fuel Nigerian Extremists, Expert Says
What's the context? Nigerian militants could use Trump's threats to intervene over kidnappings to secure recruits and resources, security expert says. Read more »
November 21, 2025
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Environment Chief Tells COP30 Polluters Must Pay
What's the context? Jiwoh Abdulai, Sierra Leone's environment minister, talks to Context about what climate change means in his West African nation. Read more »
October 28, 2025
Kenya: Kenyan LGBTQ+ Safe Houses 'Overwhelmed' As Cuts Hit Refugee Camps
What's the context? Nairobi's queer safe houses are pushed to the brink as LGBTQ+ refugees flee hunger in Kakuma camp hit by aid cuts. Read more »
September 12, 2025
Africa: Macky Sall On a New $50 Billion Plan to Climate-Proof Africa
What's the context? Amid funding uncertainty, African leaders urgently call for more climate adaptation cash. Read more »
September 08, 2025
Africa: U.S. Funding Disruption Pushes Africa's HIV Programmes to Brink
What's the context? Disruptions to PEPFAR under Trump have worsened HIV/AIDS care and stigma in East Africa, new research shows. Read more »
August 20, 2025
Africa: Africa Braces for Likely End of AGOA Trade Deal Under Trump
What's the context? Few expect the decades-old programme that has boosted economies across Africa to be renewed when it expires in September. Read more »
August 05, 2025
Africa: The UK's Aid Cuts Are a Betrayal of Africa - and of Its Own Values
Bilateral aid to Africa will be slashed by 12% in 2025-2026. This is not a strategic pivot. It is a retreat from responsibility. Read more »
September 17, 2015
Eritrea: Forced Labour Built Canadian Mine in Test Case - Former Official
Hundreds of men drafted into Eritrea's army were used as forced labour to build a Canadian company's copper-gold mine in central Eritrea, according to a former construction… Read more »
December 11, 2014
Africa: Protecting Mangroves Can Lower Disaster Risks, Offer Cash - Experts
Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Read more »
