March 06
Ethiopia: Go to the Gulf - Is Ethiopia 'Sacrificing Its Youth' to Balance the Economy?
Observers fear that an official programme sending domestic workers to Saudi Arabia is not so different to the operations of human smugglers. Read more »
Africa: I Was the First African to Receive the Goethe Medal. I Just Gave It Back
I cannot stay silent or keep an official decoration from a government this callous to human suffering in Gaza, explains the award-winning writer. Read more »
March 05
Congo-Kinshasa: Farmers 'Chased' From Virunga Accuse 'Ruthless' Rangers of Abuses
Fertile lands in the biodiverse National Park are a coveted resource for a growing population - but those who farm there risk violent consequences. Read more »
March 01
Africa: 'I'd Give Anything to Go Back' - Pygmy Communities Face Eviction in Virunga
Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, displacements in the name of conservation continue in the DRC. Read more »
February 29
Africa: Greenwashing Blood Money Should Have No Place in African Sport
TotalEnergies' sponsorship of AFCON, a celebration of African unity and resilience, was an insult to people across the continent. Read more »
February 28
Mozambique: Peril or Prosperity? the Risks Facing Mozambique's Long-Awaited Gas Boom
From conflict and long deferred revenues to falling gas demand, there are many reasons to believe Mozambique's LNG deal has become a liability. Read more »
February 22
Somalia: 'We Were Rich, Now We're Poor' - Life After Record Droughts in Somaliland
Without measures to build long-term resilience, fears are growing that once prosperous herders will end up depending on aid. Read more »
February 20
Uganda: 'We're Surrounded By Oil' - Activist Gardening in a Shadow of EACOP
Ugandans displaced by the mega oil pipeline are turning to African keyhole gardening for both survival and a way to channel their climate activism. Read more »
Africa: The First Oil Shock - February 1974 and the Making of Our Times
Triggered by the 1973 Yom Kippur war, an unprecedented surge in global oil prices took hold the following year. Spiralling inflation forced workers, students and soldiers onto the… Read more »
February 19
Africa: Ethiopia's Quest for Sea Access and the Question of Somali Sovereignty
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: 'We Demand' - a Collective Statement to the African Union
A movement of dozens of African civil society groups call on the AU to take actions in pursuit of climate justice, peace, and equality. Read more »
February 16
Morocco: The Small Oasis Town Leading the Fight Against Water Privatisation
For over 100 days, residents of Figuig in Morocco have been protesting plans to allow a private company to manage the delivery of drinking water. Read more »
Africa: Africa in the Global Village
Hidden in plain sight, Africans are in the thick of the kind of history-making that will define the 21st century. Read more »
February 15
South Africa: The Legend of Johannesburg - From Afrophobia to Acts of Kindness
Zukiswa Wanner pays homage to a city where the contradictions of violence and Ubuntu seem more marked than perhaps anywhere else. Read more »
February 13
Africa: Democracy in Peril - Amb Johnnie Carson on Situation in Senegal
The looming danger of democratic collapse is a challenge to friends of Senegal and democracy to do better. Read more »
Morocco: Turning Grief Into Action - Families of Dead and Disappeared Migrants in Morocco
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: Mali - Defiant and Alone, Will the Junta Defeat the Jihadis?
Revolting against the French, expelling a UN force and walking out of ECOWAS, the Assimi Goita junta is taking out its frustrations with the jihadis on everyone. How does it save… Read more »
Africa: The South Must Unite to End Debt and Shape a New Economic Order
The inequities of the global financial system have changed little for decades. What's new, with the climate crisis, is the urgency of fixing them. Read more »
February 09
Nigeria: The Silence of the Obidients
With the Tinubu government's IMF-prescribed shock therapy convulsing the economy almost a year after the botched presidential election they believe cost Peter Obi victory, what… Read more »
February 07
Ethiopia: Rocks in a Hard Place - Lalibela Priests Raise Fears Amid War and Weather
Cracks are widening along Ethiopia's ancient rock-hewn churches. Fighting has come perilously close, but rain is the bigger threat. Read more »
February 02
Africa: Is Italy's $6bn Plan for Africa Just PR-Friendly Neocolonialism?
The Mattei Plan was drawn up without any input from African leaders and is named after the controversial founder of Italy's fossil fuels major. Read more »
January 31
Kenya: Why Kenya Is Hopeful but Hesitant About the Loss and Damage Fund
The new fund is a step towards climate justice. But its host and size leave many questions unanswered. Read more »
January 24
Africa: Africa's Life-Sustaining Water Towers Have Been Overlooked for Too Long
International researchers' focus on ice to define natural water towers leaves Africa's critical systems off the map, and with little protection. Read more »
January 23
Africa: The Grim Realities of Western Climate Change Discourse On Africa
Where do African peoples fit into Western narratives on climate change, if at all? The Atlantic's "grim ironies" article provides a cautionary tale. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Looks to China to Secure Place in EV Battery Supply Chain
Chinese companies have invested billions in Zimbabwe's lithium. Now Harare wants to ensure some processing happens before export. Read more »