Five aspects need attention if African governments are to be able to mitigate, adapt to and manage climate change in the coming critical decade.
Politics and Society Rwanda and Senegal will host Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine plants: what’s known so far
For the first time, the drug substance, or active ingredient for a COVID-19 vaccine – in this case mRNA – will be manufactured on the continent.
Arts, Culture and Sport African literature, cultures and music’s ecological interventions
African literature and music have helped the continent face up to the othering gaze of the anthropologist, the missionary, the settler, and now, the winner-take-all multinationals. Cultural revivalists, climate advocates and hardboiled romanticists of the book industry continue to profile African communities who profit least from environmentally unsustainable extractive capitalism while suffering most from the food insecurity, health emergencies and natural disasters that it generates.
Politics and Society Decolonizing Africa’s economic recovery
Our continent’s economy needs to be extricated from the colonial peonage maintained by African and foreign elites. We need an economy that centers Africa’s self-determination, our people and planet’s wellbeing.
Politics and Society Climate change has already hit southern Africa. Here’s how we know
The picture seems hopeless, but with mitigation and adaptation strategies and policies driven through COP26, southern Africa can reduce the impacts of climate change on local livelihoods.
Politics and Society Sudan’s generals have torn up the transition playbook. But don’t count out the masses
Sudan has needed and will require compromise and principled political goodwill to realise a difficult transition from military rule.
Politics and Society African leaders must urge G20 to stop Covid-19 vaccines apartheid to save our world
The time has come for African leaders to amplify their voices in a combined effort to demand that G20 leaders prioritize global vaccine access for the majority of nations that desperately want to vaccinate their populations.
Politics and Society African coups are making a comeback
The AU should do more to pre-empt coups by sanctioning bad governance and attempts by presidents to extend their terms.
Politics and Society COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference
African countries cannot be ignored, or just listened to. Their needs should shape the agenda.