October 17, 2024
Africa: How the World Bank and IMF Can Truly Drive a Clean Energy Transition
The financial institutions' current approaches to funding renewable energy projects are far too limited, rigid, and opaque. Read more »
October 14, 2024
Sudan: Beyond the Battlefield - the Survival Politics of the RSF Militia in Sudan
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October 11, 2024
Africa: Africa in a Multipolar World
How does the continent press its advantages in the age of multipolarity, summit diplomacy and the new scramble for minerals for the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Read more »
October 10, 2024
Africa: Did the Tumaini Initiative Exceed Its Mandate?
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 »
October 09, 2024
Uganda: Uganda's Struggles Resettling Climate-Displaced Communities
Landslides and flash floods, made more likely by climate change, and deforestation have made some areas of Uganda permanently risky to live in. Read more »
October 08, 2024
South Africa: Will an Investor-Friendly Mining Policy Turn the Economy Around?
Reviving South Africa's flagging mining sector will take much more than the cosmetics of a new investor-friendly policy. Read more »
Africa: Hundreds of Local Malawians Quietly Leave World Bank Climate Project
Experts warn that payment problems and a lack of local ownership could undermine the effectiveness of a nationwide adaptation project. Read more »
Rwanda: The Revolution Devours Its Children - the Fall of a Royal House in Republican Rwanda
The rise and scattering of an elite family, not on account of their ethnicity, but despite it, exemplifies the tragedy of authoritarianism in Rwanda. Read more »
South Africa: Why Gas Is Not a Good Alternative to Coal for South Africa
Vested interests are lobbying for gas as a transition fuel despite its many economic, logistical, and environmental risks. Read more »
Africa: The Digital Future of Pharmacy in Africa
Amid the drain of Africa's trained healthcare workers to the West, pharmacists are increasingly playing a frontline role that goes beyond dispensing drugs. Read more »
October 07, 2024
Africa: On World Meningitis Day, Too Many People Are Dying of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa
Improving outcomes for patients requires urgent efforts to reduce the price of treatments and increase access to drugs. Read more »
October 06, 2024
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Quest for a Seaport, Egypt and the Geopolitics of the Nile Basin
Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt go back decades and reveal a web of Cold War intrigue, clandestine diplomacy and internal meddling. With Cairo winning friends and Addis Ababa… Read more »
October 02, 2024
Africa: In Memoriam - Elleni Centime Zeleke's Tizita
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 »
Rwanda: Black-and-White Thinking About Rwanda
Spotting discrimination, polarisation and propaganda are important functions of the media. But to do that, journalists must be able to recognise them. Read more »
September 25, 2024
Ethiopia: The Destruction and Looting of Heritage in the Tigray War
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 »
September 24, 2024
Africa: Without Debt Relief, Africa Is Fighting Climate Change With Its Hands Tied
Africa spends nearly three times more servicing its external debt than it receives in climate finance. Debt cancelation is urgent and critical. Read more »
September 18, 2024
Africa: 'Absolutely Ridiculous' - Zombie Mines Multiply in SA's Opaque Coal Sector
African Arguments visited ten "active" coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals. Read more »
September 17, 2024
Zambia: 'That's No Joke' - Hichilema Gears Up to Change Zambia's Constitution
Zambia's increasingly authoritarian president has spuriously warned that elections could be delayed for 8-9 years unless the constitution is amended. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Making a Mockery' - Ending Fortress Conservation in DR Congo and Beyond
The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. Read more »
Africa: Hiding the Coco - Women Farmers Anticipating Old Age
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September 15, 2024
Rwanda: Beneath the Facade of Consensus Democracy
25 years after the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue birthed 'consensus democracy', it is now time to revisit and renew the system. Read more »
Africa: Eritrean Cycling - How a Colonial Legacy Became a National Passion
Italian Fascists used cycling to demonstrate their racial superiority; Eritrean cyclists were soon embarrassing them. Today, a new generation of world-beaters is escaping another… Read more »
September 13, 2024
Africa: How Saving the Pangolin Became a Nigerian Conservation Agenda
Nigeria's pangolins face extinction. One organisation is committed to reversing the trend - and coopting communities into conservation. Read more »
September 11, 2024
Zambia: Zambia Faces 21-Hour Power Cuts As Lake Kariba Dries Up
Zambia and Zimbabwe are looking to diversify their energy mix as climate change linked droughts and heat make hydropower less reliable. Read more »
Africa: Ethnicity and Geography in Nigeria's Leather Trading Industry
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 »