Africa: Did the Africa Climate Summit Fulfil Its Vision?

A month on from the first ever Africa Climate Summit, a panel of experts reflect on its successes and failures. Read more »

Liberia: Why Liberia's President Weah Must Go (Democratically)

Liberia's disaffected citizens are more than justified in hoping that the 10 October election brings change. Read more »

Uganda: 'Why Do They Punish Us?' Uganda Charcoal Ban Ignites Transition Debate

While welcomed in principle, the abrupt charcoal ban has left both traders and buyers unsure of where to turn. Read more »

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 »

Zambia: Why Is Zambia's President Warning Off Non-Existent Coup Plotters?

Though baffling to some, Hichilema's talk of a coup contains two clear messages to two different audiences. Read more »

Africa: Building the South-South Feminist Archive - an Interview With Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal

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 »

Ethiopia: How Addis Ababa Is Set to Get Hotter, Wetter, Drier, and Bigger

A new study shows how climate change will lead to more heatwaves and severe flooding in Ethiopia's capital, one of Africa's fastest-growing cities. Read more »

Zimbabwe: A Shameful Shambles - an Account of Zimbabwe's Elections of August 2023

An election observer who has witnessed every Zimbabwean election since independence in 1980, narrates his experience of the 2023 elections. Read more »

Algeria: A Mine in the Middle of Paradise

The Tebboune government is brutally suppressing any protest against a lead-and-zinc mine being built in a RAMSAR protected area. Read more »

Tanzania: January Makamba and Tanzania's Return From Self-Isolation

What does January Makamba's appointment to Tanzania's foreign docket add to President Hassan's expanding diplomatic chessboard? Read more »

Africa: Embracing Africa's Green Legacy - a Letter to My Future Self

A leader in the Africa Youth Climate Assembly envisions an African climate future. Read more »

Africa: Letter to Future Self - 'The Spirit of Community Action Was the Beating Heart of Our Progress'

Looking ahead to a future free of fossil fuels, powered by the relentless sun, wind and other renewables. Read more »

Somalia: State-Building As the Elite's Perverse Incentive

Facing growing allegations of corruption and nepotism, can the Hassan Sheikh administration win the war against Al Shabaab? Read more »

Africa: Brics and Africa - New Beginning or False Dawn?

With 40 countries on the waiting list, Egypt and Ethiopia's entry into BRICS marks another notch for Beijing's geopolitical expansion. Read more »

Gabon: Adieu to a Post-Colonial Bully?

The coup in Libreville is less a marker of democratic erosion than a signal of the revolt against France's neocolonial domination. Read more »

Somalia: Understanding the Local Context Is Key to Addressing Fragility in Somalia

No longer a vision of the failed state of a decade ago, for Somalia the journey from fragility to sustainability is long, tough and ongoing. Read more »

Africa: View(s) From Africa - What's At Stake At Africa Climate Week?

We asked a panel of policy experts about their hopes, fears, and expectations from the Africa Climate Summit and Week. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Can Cash Transfers Prevent Starvation and State Collapse?

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 »

Africa: A Drug Development Model for the Diseases the World Forgot

Eschewing profit, over the past 20 years researchers at the Deadly and Neglected Diseases Initiative have developed a dozen drugs accessible to the world's most forgotten patients. Read more »

East Africa: Eating Fish From Lake Victoria 'Rare and Expensive' Amid Climate Crisis

90% of people along the lake's shores in Tanzania say they ate fish four times per month ten years ago, compared to just 4% today. Read more »

Africa: The Africa Climate Summit Must Dare Speak the Unspeakable

Fossil fuels, by far the biggest source of emissions, have brought much harm and few benefits to Africa. Yet climate agreements barely mention them. Read more »

Africa: Big Conservation NGOs Are Majority Governed By Finance Figures

Conservationists express alarm that finance execs dominate the boards of four powerful NGOs, especially as controversial carbon markets skyrocket. Read more »

Africa: The Climate Future Is Here, and It Looks Like This Proud Commune in South Africa

With solar power, urban farms, and radical grassroots democracy, eKhenana provides an impressive model for a sustainable low-carbon future. Read more »

Africa: Decolonising African Cinema in the Time of Netflix

90% of Africa's cultural legacy resides outside the continent; audiovisual restitution is a battle for memory as urgent as artefact restitution. Read more »

Africa: Africa Climate Summit - Kenya's Green Growth Pitch Sparks Justice Concerns

Outcry over McKinsey's role and unease with Ruto's focus on finance raises questions as to whether the summit will truly be "by Africans for Africans". Read more »