Is an obsession with gas profits leading African countries to neglect the security of local populations?
Mozambique
Arts, Culture and Sport “There are still literary islands in Africa” – Interview with Mozambican writers and curators David Bene and Mélio Tinga
OitentaNoventa is facilitating monthly conversations between writers born in the 1980s and 1990s with writers and industry actors they look up to from older generations. Founders and award-winning writers David Bene and Mélio Tinga share their progress with This Is Africa’s Onai Mushava.
Politics and Society Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South
South Africa and other countries that have abstained from voting against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly in response to the war in Ukraine face intense international criticism.
Politics and Society Rising sea levels may threaten 70% of Africa’s heritage sites by 2050
Hundreds of Africa’s heritage sites are exposed to sea-level rise and coastal erosion in the future.
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 Climate finance isn’t reaching Southern Africa’s most vulnerable
The region desperately needs climate adaptation funds but loses out to countries with strong institutional capacity and competitive markets.
Politics and Society How Frelimo betrayed Samora Machel’s dream of a free Mozambique
Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.
Politics and Society Why southern Africa’s interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy
Southern African countries have been slow in embracing solar energy but this is changing.
Politics and Society Dealing with crises in Africa: south vs west
Why doesn’t SADC intervene in dire political situations in the same way leaders in West Africa do?