Author: James Wan
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Interview with Sierra Leone’s Climate Minister: “1.5C? We’re already there”
Jiwoh Abulai, Environment and Climate Change Minister of Sierra Leone talks 30×30, land rights, carbon credits, climate finance, and more. You’ve recently come out of regional ... -
“If not now, when?” African voices on the final day of COP28
As COP28 enters, and overshoots, its final deadline, African representatives express both dismay and determination. The COP28 climate talks are supposed to conclude today, but that ... -
Revealed: Under 1/4 of UK climate aid to Africa goes to African-based orgs
The UK channels most of its climate aid to Africa through Western organisations, including $1 billion through private consultancies. Less than one-quarter of the UK’s climate ... -
Revealed: Big conservation NGOs are majority governed by finance figures
Conservationists express alarm that finance execs dominate the boards of four powerful NGOs, especially as controversial carbon markets skyrocket. New analysis has revealed that the majority ... -
“Our target is replacing cement”: The Ethiopian startup thinking big
Kubik promises to turn plastic waste into high quality affordable homes. We spoke to its CEO about dignity, safety, and thinking globally. Most startups start by ... -
HH: “Zambians want change…We don’t count how many times we run”
An interview with Zambia’s opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema on why Zambians should vote for him at a sixth time of asking. When Zambians go to the ... -
BP praised for ambition to destroy Africa but potentially a bit slower
From the Wit-hole countries is African Arguments’ satirical section. It’s the news, but absurd. It’s sometimes better than the real thing, sometimes not quite real, and ... -
Mozambique: An unexpected landslide, an expected crisis
Following its big election victory, Frelimo will continue to consolidate political and economic power to the detriment of most. On 15 October as Mozambique voted in ... -
If you believe you are a citizen of the world…
What’s remarkable today is not that identities are becoming more fluid and borderless, but that they ever became fixed and bordered. As a member of an ...
