Africa: Global Finance Is Still Destroying the World's Biggest Rainforests

Over the last few days, thousands upon thousands around the world joined the Global Climate Strike, calling for urgent action to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown.… Read more »

Africa: Is Rubber the New Palm Oil?

As the world's first Sustainable Rubber Platform is launched, Ali Hines of Global Witness asks whether tire companies can make good on their promises. Read more »

Africa: It's Time to Stand Up for Journalists

This is the first time Global Witness has marked the Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed Against Journalists. But after the year we've just had, staying silent isn't an… Read more »

Africa: 2018, the Year That Beneficial Ownership Transparency Went Mainstream (Kind Of).

This week 1500 members of the world's anti-corruption community are in Copenhagen, coming together at the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference to learn from one another,… Read more »

Africa: Why I'm Cautiously Hopeful About China's Baby Steps Towards Regulating Timber Imports

In 2012, when I first started researching China's illegal timber imports, related news or information in Chinese was scarce. Six years on, however, a study co-authored by a Chinese… Read more »