July 25, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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 »
July 09, 2024
Congo-Kinshasa: How the International Financial System Exports Extinction to the DRC
Biodiversity loss from unequal mining deals is not a glitch. It's the logical end point of multiple transnational pressures. Read more »
July 08, 2024
Africa: Houses of Hope - Populism and South Africa's Complex Urban-Rural Connections
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 »
Egypt: Cairo's Faustian Bargain With Brussels Sends Sudanese Refugees Back Into the Cauldron
The third deal the EU is signing with a 'partner' state since 2016, a cash-strapped Egypt did not hesitate to justify Europe's immigration paranoias for an infusion of euros. The… Read more »
July 04, 2024
Nigeria: The Jihadis Are Stalking Benin
Bandits from the Northern Nigerian hotspots of Zamfara and Katsina states are crossing over into northern Benin, buying up property and recruiting young men. Is this the moment… Read more »
July 03, 2024
Africa: The Drug Menace in the Heartland of the Boko Haram Insurgency
Referred to as 'Marlians' after British-Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, whose songs allegedly glorify the profane, they have become the face of a silent crisis in the wake of the… Read more »
Malawi: Ruling Tonse Alliance in a Tailspin
Suspicions around the death of VP Saulos Chilima augur badly for Chakwera's re-election hopes, and even worse for the ruling coalition. Read more »
July 02, 2024
Africa: A United Africa Is Now the Only Path to the Climate Justice
In the face of some nations' foot-dragging tactics, a pan-African front is all the more imperative, writes the chair of the African Group of Negotiators. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Lumumba Assassination - New Angle On the 20th Century's Longest Murder-Conspiracy
At 99, the memory of Patrice Lumumba only grows stronger, as a new book uncovers fresh details about his gruesome assassination 64 years ago. Read more »
Africa: 'He Didn't Allow Me' - Gender and the Great Green Wall
Experiences in northeast Nigeria suggest women struggle to participate in climate initiatives unless gender dynamics are carefully integrated. Read more »
Cameroon: Conflict, Land Dispossession, and the Struggle for Gender Equality in Cameroon
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 »
June 25, 2024
Sudan: Mediation Pitfalls - How the Jeddah Peace Talks Complicate Sudanese Politics
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 »
June 21, 2024
Africa: Eritrea At 33 - Exporting Internal Strife, Navigating Regional Tensions and Steadily Looking East
More than a generation since it won its hard-fought independence, Eritrea is synonymous with Isaias Afwerki. For better. Or for worse. Read more »
June 19, 2024
Kenya: 'The Roof Does All the Work' - the Rise of Green Roofs in Nairobi
Planting vegetation on buildings can bring many perks for those that can afford them, but the environmental benefits should not be overstated. Read more »
June 18, 2024
Sudan: From Darfur to Gaza - Taking the Responsibility to Prevent Genocide Seriously
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 »
June 17, 2024
Africa: 'Patience Is Running Out' - Did Bonn Make Progress On Climate Finance?
An expert panel give their verdict on critical climate negotiations at the just-concluded conference in Bonn. Read more »
June 13, 2024
Nigeria: The Impunity of Tinubu's War On the Media
The Tinubu administration took off where Buhari left: arbitrary arrests of journalists, indefinite detentions and even alleged executions. The logic of it defies reason - save for… Read more »
South Africa: 'A Mockery of Equity' - Experts Warn of Electric Vehicles Infrastructure Apartheid in South Africa
Without decisive policies, the uneven benefits of electric vehicles may make the world's most unequal country even more unequal. Read more »