African Crossroads held climate-themed fourth edition, “Ecoexistence: A Manifesto”, held on October 14 and 15, At the end of the two-day conference, African Crossroads unveiled its climate justice manifesto in eight principles. The principles emerged through contributions from the network members’ over the year’s edition.
Politics and Society eSwatini’s national dialogue mustn’t become a monologue
SADC should urgently mediate a dialogue process that’s seen as credible by all parties in the country.
Politics and Society Africa’s first mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub gets to work
Afrigen will be a technology transfer and training hub: it shares technology and develops skills specifically around how to produce a safe, effective and affordable mRNA vaccine.
Arts, Culture and Sport KwaChirere Previews Where the Heart Is: a novel by Andrew Chatora
The fast-rising UK based Zimbabwean writer, Andrew Chatora, has a second novel in the wings. It is set to be released soon on November 30, 2021 by his US based Publishers: Kharis Publishing.
Arts, Culture and Sport Sharp Read | The yoke of neoliberalism revisited
A new book co-authored by Noam Chomsky updates his critique of capitalism with insightful comment on what has allowed the tyranny of the common sense consensus to flourish for so long.
Politics and Society Religion was once Ethiopia’s saviour. What it can do to pull the nation from the brink
Ethiopia’s main religions need to take an emotional distance from politics and find a neutral space so they can get moral clarity.
Africans rising In defense of the Westminster three
You can arrest activists, but you cannot arrest the truth: In June 2021, three activists – Rob Callender, Daisy Pearson and Ben Wheeler, also known as the Westminster Three – were charged with criminal trespass under Section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act (2005) before a London court. Seven months earlier, on a cold November morning, they had peacefully climbed up the scaffolding on the corner of the UK Houses of Parliament to hang a ten-metre tall letter written by Africans to the people of the United Kingdom. It was a courageous effort to amplify voices from the Global South.
Politics and Society Planned relocation: a hard but vital part of climate adaptation
Moving communities at risk is better than dealing with emergencies, but relocations have a fraught political history in Africa.
Politics and Society FW de Klerk: the last apartheid president was driven by pragmatism, not idealism
Few recent historical figures in South Africa provoke more divergent views than Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk. He was president of the country from 1989 to 1994.