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DARFUR: The road from Misterei is full of corpses; the town empty save for the Janjaweed and RSF
Two more mass graves with over 146 bodies in West Darfur are only the “tip of the iceberg”, residents say. As peace efforts stall ... -
Dear EU, commemorating climate victims is good but action is better
Ahead of the first ever EU day for the victims of the global climate crisis, let’s remember who’s responsible for the worsening situation. A ... -
20 years after Maputo, it’s a long road ahead to gender equality
Two decades on from a landmark treaty advancing the rights of African women, gender equality remains alive on paper, elusive in practice. Magret Kawala ... -
Nigeria’s security crisis: Under Tinubu, continuity will lead to calamity
President Tinubu’s response to Nigeria’s security crisis so far signals much of the same inaction. Should the UK intervene? Nigeria may have a new ... -
Sudan: At what point will the Security Council intervene?
Mediation initiatives, not least the US-Saudi one, have failed. Under Chapter VII of the UN charter, the Security Council could deploy troops. According to ... -
Who, what, where? The Loss and Damage Fund’s unresolved questions
Since the breakthrough agreement at COP27, developed and developing countries have remained at odds on key details. At last year’s COP27 climate talks, governments ... -
Africa must own the idea of the “just transition”
There’s no one-size-fits-all with sustainable economies. A just transition on the continent will look very different to one in the Global North. While the ... -
In Algeria, the death of a literary salon is a tragedy, the silencing of dissent, an everyday occurrence
In the new logic of repression, all evidence of the 2019 uprising must be eliminated, the first targets being the journalists, writers, artists and ... -
Malawi’s refugee problem
The Chakwera government’s populist decision to bus all refugees into a notorious camp is fuelling xenophobia behind thinly-veiled legalities. At the height of the ...