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Interview with Sierra Leone’s Climate Minister: “1.5C? We’re already there”
Jiwoh Abulai, Environment and Climate Change Minister of Sierra Leone talks 30×30, land rights, carbon credits, climate finance, and more. You’ve recently come out ... -
How a shipping carbon tax could help Africa build climate resilient trade
Pricing the emissions of the international shipping industry could raise $100 billion/yr. With Africa disproportionately affected by climate change and its impacts worsening other ... -
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 ... -
Farmers “chased” from Virunga accuse “ruthless” rangers of abuses
Fertile lands in the biodiverse National Park are a coveted resource for a growing population – but those who farm there risk violent consequences. If ... -
“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 ... -
Peril or prosperity? The risks facing Mozambique’s long-awaited gas boom
From conflict and long deferred revenues to falling gas demand, there are many reasons to believe Mozambique’s LNG deal has become a liability. Ever ... -
“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, ...