Yearly Archives: 2023
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Loss and Damage Q&A: What’s at stake for Africa at COP28?
Why is the Loss and Damage fund so important for Africa and what will likely come out of the negotiations at COP28? At the upcoming international ... -
Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-proofing
The putsch against Gabon’s Bongo dynasty has shaken the region’s fragile autocrats and tremulous gerontocrats into a desperation of self-protective measures. How much longer can they ... -
A pebble in the shoe: The trials of Mohad Gasmi and the invisible discrimination of southern Algeria
It is not coincidental that Gasmi’s troubles began when he challenged the regime on its exploitation of mineral resources in the South. Since June 2020, Mohad ... -
African women won’t be heard at COP so we wrote our own climate plan
The Women’s Climate Assembly brought together movements from across Africa and came up with a powerful declaration. The climate talks at COP28 in Dubai this November-December ... -
#BringPaulaAndMayaHome: The Politics within Queer Activism in Namibia
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View(s) from Africa: What does Africa need most from COP28?
A panel of African climate experts identify the continent’s key priorities at the UAE climate talks. From 30 November to 12 December, an estimated 70,000 delegates ... -
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From Heroes to “Random Radicals”: Discursive Strategies of Delegitimising the Sudanese Revolution
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Incomplete Memories, Distorted Histories: The loud silence around Africa’s complicity in the slave trade
When will we have an honest conversation about Africa’s role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade? A re-enactment of a slave raid at the opening of the ... -
Green exploitation is still exploitation
If leaders give in to the temptation of short-term gains, the extraction of Africa’s transition minerals will follow familiar colonial dynamics. As the climate crisis worsens, ...
