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“I’d give anything to go back”: Pygmy communities face eviction in Virunga
Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, displacements in the name of conservation continue in the DRC. Until June 2022, Biranda spent ... -
“We miners die a lot”: The lives of cobalt miners in the DRC
Demand for cobalt is skyrocketing. The DRC sits on two thirds of the world’s known supply, yet miners receive virtually none of the profits. ... -
The grim realities of Western climate change discourse on Africa
Where do African peoples fit into Western narratives on climate change, if at all? The Atlantic’s “grim ironies” article provides a cautionary tale. As ... -
The Congo Basin got a crucial boost at COP28. Now we must build on it
Away from the headlines, announcements on deforestation and protecting the DRC’s rainforests laid important groundwork for future action. Although it didn’t dominate the headlines ... -
The coup d’etat is pushing democracy to a critical reckoning
The putschists perpetuate instrumental, albeit flawed narratives portraying themselves as the ultimate repairmen of Africa’s chronic governance problems. Governance in Africa is undergoing an ... -
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 ... -
Congo 2023: A stable, secure and prosperous DRC is possible
Destabilised by the scramble for its minerals, the DRC’s upcoming election could trigger a transformation to prosperity – if conducted fairly. The Democratic Republic ... -
Gabon: Françafrique’s pet project remains indispensable to Paris
Unlike the other coups in Francophone Africa, the August coup in Libreville appears to have been a change of guard rather than a revolt. ... -
Adieu to a post-colonial bully?
The coup in Libreville is less a marker of democratic erosion than a signal of the revolt against France’s neocolonial domination. “We want France ... -
Decolonising African cinema in the time of Netflix
90% of Africa’s cultural legacy resides outside the continent; audiovisual restitution is a battle for memory as urgent as artefact restitution. When film director ...
