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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 ... -
“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 were rich, now we’re poor”: Life after record droughts in Somaliland
Without measures to build long-term resilience, fears are growing that once prosperous herders will end up depending on aid. Khader Daheir Muhammad Egal used ... -
How the UAE kept the Sudan war raging
A network of munition supply lines, backing the Rapid Support Forces against the Sudanese army, can be traced to the Gulf via Libya, Chad, ... -
The First Oil Shock: February 1974 and the making of our times
1974 saw an unprecedented surge in global oil prices. Workers, students and soldiers took to the street, toppling governments from Addis to Niamey. With ... -
The small oasis town leading the fight against water privatisation
For over 100 days, residents of Figuig in Morocco have been protesting plans to allow a private company to manage the delivery of drinking ... -
Mali: Defiant and alone, will the junta defeat the jihadis?
Revolting against the French, expelling a UN force and walking out of ECOWAS, the Assimi Goita junta is taking out its frustrations with the ... -
The silence of the Obidients
With the Tinubu government’s IMF-prescribed shock therapy convulsing the economy almost a year after the botched presidential election they believe cost Peter Obi victory, ... -
Rocks in a hard place: Lalibela priests raise fears amid war and weather
Cracks are widening along Ethiopia’s ancient rock-hewn churches. Fighting has come perilously close, but rain is the bigger threat. For the past decade, Father ... -
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 ...
