Yearly Archives: 2024
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“This flood has caused a massive shift”: Surviving in Kenya’s slums
Washington Mboya, an environmentalist in Nairobi, describes the effects of and response to the devastating floods in the city’s poorest areas. By the latest count, devastating ... -
Malaria is a women’s rights issue
When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Walk into any ... -
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 a monthly ... -
$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 presidency of ... -
Lake Tanganyika reaches record levels, submerging parts of Burundi
Burundi is struggling to provide relief to hundreds of thousands and protect infrastructure as floods cause devastation. Thousands of people in Burundi have been displaced by ... -
IDA21: Africa’s call to triple finance a chance for the North to rebuild trust
Leaders called on donors to replenish the World Bank’s grants and concessional loans arm with “at least $120 billion” for debt and climate. “The current system ... -
Adwa’s shadows: Eritrea’s forgotten war veterans
Ethiopia’s triumph over Italy at Adwa is central to its national identity, but many Eritreans who were subjected to Emperor Menelik’s brutal retribution for serving Rome ... -
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 economies may ... -
Climate finance: Did the IMF/World Bank spring meetings move the dial?
An expert panel give their verdict on whether the Spring Meetings offered Africa hope that climate finance will be expanded and reformed. In a year in ... -
Where planting trees in Africa works and, crucially, doesn’t
Restoring degraded forests is essential, but planting trees in rangelands is largely ineffective and often damaging. Tree planting is one of the nature-based solutions being used ...
