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Photo essay: Tracing the secret, complex life of e-waste in Ghana
62 million tons. This is the volume of electrical and electronic waste – or “e-waste” – generated worldwide in 2022, according to the latest UN Global ...“We’re not quite there yet”: IPCC chair talks South representation and more
In an exclusive interview, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discusses the ways forward for the next set of reports. The Intergovernmental Panel ...Land Squeeze: The hidden battle for Africa’s soils
Land grabbing is not just back with a vengeance. It is taking on new guises such as carbon offsets, green hydrogen schemes, and other “green grabs”. ...In Abiy’s Ethiopia, 200 journalists have been arrested since 2019
The Nobel laureate won plaudits early on for releasing imprisoned journalists. Today, his government depicts journalists as spies and traitors, and is accused of arresting, harassing ...Africa Elections 2024: All the upcoming votes
A regularly updated list and interactive map of the upcoming elections in Africa in 2024. Last updated: 5 June 2024 How to use the map ...
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Tinubu’s Nigeria: A year at the edge of the abyss
University students are among those hit hardest by the Tinubu administration’s IMF-directed austerity programme. Ajadi Sodiq, an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan, receives ... -
$120bn isn’t enough. Here are 3 ideas for a truly bigger better World Bank
Leaders have called for a record replenishment of the Bank’s grants and concessional lending arm. Much bigger changes are needed. When he assumed the ... -
How continental competition policy strengthens the African marketplace
Regional price distortions hurt small traders the most; as more states adopt competition rules, it’s the traders and consumers who will win big. National ... -
Crowded camps and local aid: How DR Congo’s M23 conflict is impacting Goma
Renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and pro-government forces in eastern Congo has pushed thousands more people into the city of Goma, a ... -
Modelling injustice: South experts call for climate model paradigm shift
Projections that assume the Global North will continue to over-emit help perpetuate inequalities and violate principles of equity, warn scientists. A growing body of ... -
Africa’s democratic dividend
30-odd years after the restoration of multiparty democracy, is it time to reassess the practice of democracy? The first peaceful transfer of power in ... -
South Africa’s energy crisis is driving a “solar boom”, but there’s a downside
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. At the ... -
When is a policy not a policy? The curious case of the hollow JET-P
If Just Energy Transition Partnerships don’t serve the interests of developing countries or the West, whose purposes do they serve? If something looks like ...
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