Editor’s Picks
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Land Squeeze: The hidden battle for Africa’s soils
Land grabbing is not just back with a vengeance. It is taking on new guises such as carbon offsets, green hydrogen schemes, and other ... -
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 ... -
$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 ... -
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 ... -
Crowded camps and local aid: How DR Congo’s M23 conflict is impacting Goma
Renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and pro-government forces in eastern Congo has pushed thousands more people into the city of Goma, a ... -
Modelling injustice: South experts call for climate model paradigm shift
Projections that assume the Global North will continue to over-emit help perpetuate inequalities and violate principles of equity, warn scientists. A growing body of ... -
Africa’s democratic dividend
30-odd years after the restoration of multiparty democracy, is it time to reassess the practice of democracy? The first peaceful transfer of power in ... -
South Africa’s energy crisis is driving a “solar boom”, but there’s a downside
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. At the ... -
When is a policy not a policy? The curious case of the hollow JET-P
If Just Energy Transition Partnerships don’t serve the interests of developing countries or the West, whose purposes do they serve? If something looks like ... -
I was the first African to receive the Goethe Medal. I just gave it back
I cannot stay silent or keep an official decoration from a government this callous to human suffering in Gaza, explains the award-winning writer. My ...
