Africa: A Tale of Two Indabas - Cape Town's Parallel Mining Conferences and 'The New Scramble for Africa'

In Cape Town this week, two very different conferences on the mining sector have been taking place. The annual African Mining Indaba (industry indaba) brings together the global… Read more »

Africa: If the EU Is Committed to Tackling Deforestation, It Should Not Let Finance Off the Hook

The beginning of 2020 hit us all with daunting images of fires destroying vast areas of Australian biodiversity. The loss of precious wildlife and broken ecosystems has shown… Read more »

Africa: New Chinese Rules On Illegal Timber Could Help Safeguard the World's Climate Critical Forests

Whilst many countries around the world have adopted legislation to tackle the trade in illegal timber, China - the world's second largest economy - has been a notable absence. Read more »

Africa: From Forests to Fossil Fuels, We're Following the Money Behind the Climate Crisis

In 2019, people everywhere spoke out on the climate crisis and governments declared climate emergencies. Yet the world's forests burned, people defending forests were attacked and… Read more »

Africa: Why Cutting Off Artisanal Miners Is Not Responsible Sourcing

Artisanal mining gets a lot of bad press. It is often demonised as a sector rife with human rights abuses, child labour and environmental destruction. Companies have sometimes… Read more »

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 »