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
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.
Politics and Society How a Zimbabwe Tycoon Made a Fortune from a Trafigura Partnership and Spiralling National Debt
Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is close to Zimbabwe’s president and his inner circle, leveraged his privileged access to fuel and mining markets to strike a lucrative partnership with commodities giant Trafigura. Sanctioned by the U.S. and U.K. for corruption, Tagwirei continued to do business by relocating his network to Mauritius.
Politics and Society Circles of impunity: why sexual violence by humanitarians and peacekeepers keeps happening
WHO’s safeguarding failure in the DRC has re-focused attention on the sexual misconduct that surfaces with disgraceful regularity in humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping operations worldwide.
Politics and Society Nigeria’s law makes it a crime to attempt suicide – there are better ways to prevent tragedy
Criminalising suicide directs resources towards punishment which has no significant deterrent effect.
Politics and Society Some Ghanaians hate him, some love him: the mixed legacy of Jerry John Rawlings
Rawlings was a polarising figure, a person who led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls.