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  • Africa food system. A women's farming cooperative in the township of Yoko, Cameroon. Credit: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
    ClimateEconomyTop story

    Africa’s topsy-turvy food paradox

    By Edward Mukiibi
    June 1, 2023
    Why embrace a food system proven to be harmful to health, nutrition, dignity, equality, local economies, and the environment? Imagine a country defined by ...
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  • GMOs in Uganda? Nalwoga Mary picks coffee berries from a tree in her farm in Wakiso, Uganda. Credit: Nakisanze Segawa/GPJ.
    ClimateEconomyGPJKenyaUganda

    “Economic bondage”: E Africa farmers worry over what GMOs might mean

    By Nakisanze Segawa
    May 26, 2023
    While proponents of genetic modification say it can increase yields, researchers point out that Africa already grows enough food.  Outside her brick house in ...
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  • Rendering of a Kubik home, made from recycled plastic. Credit: Kubik.
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    “Our target is replacing cement”: The Ethiopian startup thinking big

    By James Wan
    May 24, 2023
    Kubik promises to turn plastic waste into high quality affordable homes. We spoke to its CEO about dignity, safety, and thinking globally. Most startups ...
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  • Climate change has increased the frequency of natural hazards but not necessarily disasters. Large waves hit the coast of Guelmim, Morocco. Credit: jbdodane.
    ClimateEconomyTop story

    Remember amid the headlines: there’s no such thing as a “natural” disaster

    By Laurie Parsons
    May 23, 2023
    Poor countries aren’t disproportionately vulnerable to climate change because of geography or bad luck.  In early-May, huge floods swept through South Kivu in the ...
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    EconomyMININGRebuttal

    Botswana has always driven a hard bargain with De Beers

    By Jorich Loubser
    May 9, 2023
    Botswana is not following a trend of African state negotiating more aggressively with corporations. It has long set this trend. This article is a ...
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  • When the government removed some fuel subsidies in 2012, it prompted huge protests across Nigeria. Credit: Kolawole Oreoluwa.
    ClimateEconomyNigeria

    How (and why) Nigeria should remove its fuel subsidy

    By Stephen Onyeiwu
    May 5, 2023
    Nigeria spends a quarter of its budget on a regressive fuel subsidy. Removing it and distributing the savings can help the poorest. Nigerians are ...
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  • A farmer cultivates teff in Doyogena District, Ethiopia. Credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith.
    ClimateEconomyEthiopiaTop story

    “Genetic havoc”: Five reasons to be concerned about gene-edited teff

    By Million Belay
    May 3, 2023
    A US research centre has created a new variety of teff, raising unanswered questions over its safety, ownership, and climate implications. Last month, the ...
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  • ClimateEconomySouth AfricaTop story

    Farmworkers feel heat as SA wine industry eyes climate change

    By Matthew Hirsch & Chris de Beer-Procter
    April 27, 2023
    As vineyards strategise to keep the famous export flowing, farmworkers – seven of whom died recently of heat stroke – fear more extreme conditions. ...
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    BotswanaEconomyEditor's PicksMINING

    Why is Botswana rethinking its deal with De Beers?

    By Marisa Lourenço
    April 25, 2023
    Christened ‘Debswana’, its 50-year-old mining pact with De Beers is showing signs of strain – for some rather unexpected reasons. When on 12 February ...
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  • The World Bank recently held its 2023 Spring Meetings, in which climate change was high on the agenda. Credit: Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie.
    ClimateEconomyEditor's Picks

    Is the World Bank really going green?

    By Heike Mainhardt
    April 25, 2023
    The Bank invests billions in fossil fuels, including through various opaque channels. Unless this changes, its public soul-searching will count for little. The World ...
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