Yearly Archives: 2024
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“It’s the wild west”: Zombie mines multiply in SA’s opaque coal sector
African Arguments visited ten “active” coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals. This story was ... -
“Making a mockery”: Ending Fortress Conservation in DRC and beyond
The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. In July 2024, the African ... -
“That’s no joke”: Hichilema gears up to change Zambia’s constitution
Zambia’s increasingly authoritarian president has spuriously warned that elections could be delayed for 8-9 years unless the constitution is amended. As President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia ... -
Hiding the Cocoa: Women Farmers Anticipating Old Age
The story of women plantation owners in Sierra Leone -
Eritrean Cycling: How a colonial legacy became a national passion
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 tyrant – ... -
Rwanda: Beneath the facade of Consensus Democracy
25 years after the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue birthed ‘consensus democracy’, it is now time to revisit and renew the system. On International Day of Democracy, nations come ... -
How saving the pangolin became a Nigerian conservation agenda
Nigeria’s pangolins face extinction. One organisation is committed to reversing the trend – and coopting communities into conservation. Christy’s life would have ended several years ago. ... -
South Sudan faces world’s first permanent mass displacement due to climate change
Floods have forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave the Sudd region, possibly never to return. Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South ... -
Ethnicity and Geography in Nigeria’s Leather Trading Industry
Ethnicity, gender and socialisation in a Nigerian leather market
