Without a collective vision and commitment to transparency, Africa’s vast mineral resources may only benefit the Global North. This week, the Mining Indaba begins in Cape ...
Kenya’s foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community’s Regional Force ...
While CAADP has led to some positives, its top-down approach has undermined its urgent transformative potential. In 2003, the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) was ...
Without more research and action, the ubiquity of plastic bags risks will continue to undermine the health of the soil and people in Uganda. Unlike other ...
With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping ...
Korede Azeez is one of Nigeria’s most prolific breakout filmmakers. Her journey sheds light on the broader landscape of women in Nigeria’s expanding film ...
While still rudimentary – voice-cloning models can’t yet relay convincing Sudanese dialects – the use of Deepfakes is now routinely used on Sudan’s violent, ...
The rise and scattering of an elite family, not on account of their ethnicity, but despite it, exemplifies the tragedy of authoritarianism in Rwanda. ...
Experts warn that payment problems and a lack of local ownership could undermine the effectiveness of a nationwide adaptation project. Local participants working on ...
African Arguments visited ten “active” coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals. This ...
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 ...