Africa: How Bad Is Air Pollution in Africa? If Only We Knew

The health risk seems to be rising in most African countries but without monitoring, effective intervention is difficult. Read more »

Africa: Child Care in Africa - Sierra Leone's Early Years Experiences

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 »

Africa: The Last Bastion - How Courts Can Be Catalysts for Climate Action in Africa

In disputes with misbehaving companies, communities have successfully turned to environmental litigation. But there are limitations. Read more »

Africa: Caught Between Two Worlds - an African Student's Experience of the Ukrainian War

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 »

Africa: Locally Led, Globally Backed - the Need to Redefine Adaptation Finance

Adaptation finance for Africa is falling dangerously short, both in quantity and quality. COP29 did little to help. Read more »

Kenya: Renditioning Dissidents - Kenya's Secret Service to Empire Goes Retail

While Kenyan authorities deny their involvement in renditioning Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, a blood-stained history of collaboration in Western-backed renditions… Read more »

Africa: With the World At a Crossroads, Robust IDA Is More Critical Than Ever

Low-cost financing is not just a lifeline for low-income countries but the world's collective future in a time of uncertainty. Read more »

Africa: 'Continuously Opposed' - Global South Vexed At What Went Unsaid At COP29

In Baku, developed countries managed to prevent comprehensive discussions of unilateral trade measures. They can only delay for so long. Read more »

Lesotho: 'Fighting a Giant' - the Chef in Lesotho Taking On the Agro-Industrial Complex

In a time of climate breakdown, corporate capture, and unhealthy diets, can the humble food of Lesotho show us the future? Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland's Elections - the Role of International Observers

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 »

Africa: COP29 Opened Carbon Markets to Cowboys When a Sheriff Is Needed

Under the new carbon markets framework agreed in Baku, countries face no real repercussions if they fail to abide by the rules. Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Depoliticization of Feminism in Zimbabwe

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 »

Africa: View(s) From Africa - Verdicts On the 'Shameful' COP29 Climate Talks

A panel of African experts, negotiators, and activists give their verdict on the just-concluded climate talks in Baku. Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Outraged Climate Experts Call New $250bn Text a 'Slap in the Face'

With the climate talks on the brink, campaigners and experts call the latest draft a "disgrace" and say "no deal is better than a bad deal". Read more »

Africa: 'One Finger in Clean Energy, Two Legs in Fossil Fuels' - TotalEnergies Accused of COP29 Greenwashing Offensive

TotalEnergies' charm offensive has ramped up, having been found guilty of making misleading claims about its commitment to sustainability this year. Read more »

Africa: 'A Robbery On So Large a Scale' - 140 Years After the Berlin West Africa Conference

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 »

Africa: 'The Worst First Week of a COP' - Frustrations Rise As Week Two Begins

Negotiators and activists from Africa say there has been very little positive progress at COP29 as well as a worrying focus on false solutions. Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Why Africa's $1.3 Trillion Climate Goal Makes Perfect Sense

Global leaders should keep in mind that the benefits of climate financing far outweigh the costs of implementing them. Read more »

Africa: Fudged Figures, Gas, and Debt - Digging Into MDBs' 'Climate Finance'

Half of all Multilateral Development Banks' climate finance goes to Europe. Just 4% is grants. We don't just need more but better climate finance. Read more »

Africa: The Real 'Gift From God' - Why the Africa Energy Bank Is a Bad Idea

A coalition of African oil-producers is set to launch a $5bn oil bank. This is not just environmentally but economically misguided. Read more »

South Sudan: Land Scarcity in Northern Bahr El Ghazal - Implications for Returns

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 »

Africa: 'Extremely Urgent' - an Interview With the Head of the Adaptation Fund

With the Global South hoping COP29 can bring progress on the $215-387 bn per year needed for adaptation, we spoke to the head of the Adaptation Fund. Read more »

Africa: COP29 - Setting a Climate Finance Target Is Only Half the Battle for Africa

New analysis finds that the average cost of capital for power projects in Africa is triple that of other parts of the world. Read more »

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 »

Mozambique: The Revolution Began When the Liberation Party Ran Out of Gas

Another stolen election has sent the people into the streets. The people await Venancio Mondlane, the leader of the protest movement. The old elite await a $50 billion resource… Read more »