August 16
Southern Africa: DR Congo Quagmire Poses an Existential Question to Southern Africa's Leaders
Engineering a permanent state of conflict in eastern Congo ensures the continued flow of minerals into the bloodstream of global capitalism. SADC must protect the lives of the… Read more »
August 15
Nigeria: Who's Afraid of Aliko Dangote?
The $19 billion Dangote Refinery could meet Nigeria's refined product needs. This upsets prosperous local importers - and the regulators who have lived comfortably in their… Read more »
Mozambique: Seaweed Brings Local Benefits but May Not Save the Climate
Seaweed's ability to suck huge quantities of carbon out of the air have been questioned, but there are other reasons to grow it. Read more »
August 14
Africa: Moving the Talai - How the British Tried, and Failed, to Eliminate the Native Prophets of the Rift Valley
The evidence of colonial Britain's attempt to eliminate the Talai a century ago is only now coming to light, as the last of the survivors seek justice. Read more »
Africa: Green Hydrogen - Africa Is Not Europe's Battery
Like elsewhere on the continent, Tunisia's rush of proposed green hydrogen projects prioritise Europe's needs over its own. Read more »
Senegal: Senegal's Democracy Prevails
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 »
August 13
Africa: How Progressive Taxation Can Raise Trillions for Climate Action
A new report finds that developed countries could raise $2 trillion in climate finance per year by raising their tax-to-GDP ratios by four points. Read more »
August 09
Africa: How Afrobeats Is Sampling Nostalgia for the Gen Zs
With the industry awash with money, global notoriety, bold Afrobeats producers are buying early Afrobeats records, channelling them to an audience seeking its slice of the musical… Read more »
August 08
Rwanda: Rwanda - the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Election
Kagame's latest electoral victory is testimony to the impressive work of the electoral commission in moulding the numbers to fit predetermined results. Read more »
Africa: Epidemic Preparedness - the Importance of Local Adaptation
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
August 05
Ethiopia: A Story Within a Story - the Making and Unmaking of Ethiopia's Imperial Messiah
This unauthorised biography of Abiy Ahmed is a nuanced, unsparing examination of a leader trying to hold together a republic being undone by its imperial legacy. Read more »
August 02
Africa: The Rise of the African Left
Bassirou Faye and PASTEF's victory in Senegal in March marked the stunning, decade-long rise of a leftist party. As Africa's Gen Z protest movements challenge the established… Read more »
July 31
Nigeria: 'I Almost Gave Up' - Famers in North Nigeria Sweat in Rising Heatwaves
A subsidy programme is helping farmers as the climate gets hotter and more unpredictable, but experts say it's far from enough. Read more »
Kenya: Debt and the Gen Z Protests - the Moral Economy of the African Crowd
A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya's youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt? Read more »
South Africa: Opening the Gate - Rural Hunger and the Limits of Absentee Welfarism in South Africa
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
July 30
Tanzania: Mkuki Bgoya - 'Swahili Writers Should Be Mandatory Reading in Tanzania, but There's a Deep Trauma Around Books'
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibari-born 2021 Nobel Literature laureate's grand homecoming was punctuated by the translation of his masterpiece, Paradise, into Kiswahili. His… Read more »
Africa: SBTi's Controversial Shift Has Given a New Lifeline to the Carbon Offset Ruse
The climate target body should follow the science and limit the use of carbon offsets to where there is really no other way. Read more »
July 25
Namibia: 'You Can't Wake Up Today and Tell Africans to Stop Cooking With Fire'
African Arguments spoke to Namibia's Industrialisation and Trade Minister about industrial strategy, unjust trade, and green hydrogen controversies. Read more »
Africa: Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy for Africa
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within… Read more »
July 23
Africa: Here Are 3 Steps Governments Can Take to Reduce Risks of Green Grabs
What can governments do to mitigate the risks carbon offsets can pose to rights, livelihoods, food security, and ecosystems? Read more »
July 22
Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
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 »
July 17
South Africa: South Africa's New Pro-Coal Pro-Corporate Environment Minister
South Africa's environmental justice movement will have its work cut out challenging the interests of fossil capital under the unity government. Read more »
July 16
Malawi: Malawi's Farmers On the Front Line of Climate Change-Related Storms
In one of the countries most vulnerable to extreme weather, mostly women farmers are struggling after losing land, livestock, and livelihoods. Read more »
July 15
South Africa: Shared Poverty and the Curse of Unemployment in Rural South Africa
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 »
July 11
Cameroon: 'All Is Lost'? - Cameroon's Controversial Logging in Biodiverse Ebo Forest
Why has the government awarded a logging concession in the mega biodiverse Ebo forest to a little-known company? Read more »
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