Drop begging-bowl diplomacy and stress to richer nations that in a catastrophically hotter world, they will burn along with the rest of us, says Patrick Gathara.
Another COP, another ‘incineration pact’
Drop begging-bowl diplomacy and stress to richer nations that in a catastrophically hotter world, they will burn along with the rest of us.
By prioritising peace talks in areas where rebel movements cropped up, the military junta in Niamey may have secured its rule, and saved Nigerien lives.
Niger: Words over war
By prioritising peace talks in areas where rebel movements cropped up, the military junta in Niamey may have secured its rule, and saved Nigerien l...
Mali is not the only African country going hard after global giants. In other lawsuits, Malawi is seeking more than $314-billion from Columbia Gem House, TotalEnergies and Star Agritech.
The rich better have Malawi's money
Debt-saddled states are going after firms that have failed to pay what they owe on extractive and even fraudulent deals.
African negotiators at this year’s UN conference on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan were blindsided on Monday when a facilitator representing Botswana was replaced by one representing Honduras, without explanation.
African negotiator mysteriously dropped from key climate negotiations
The replacement, a Brussels-based consultant representing Honduras, has been rather friendly to EU climate responses that are unpopular with develo...
People are moving relatively freely through Beitbridge, southern Africa’s busiest border post – just not in the way the African Union intended.
Free movement – if the price is right
People are moving relatively freely through Beitbridge, southern Africa’s busiest border post – just not in the way the African Union intended.
All Protocol Observed. Welcome to Issue 183 of The Continent. This week, we travel to Beitbridge, where movement is free for the right price. Get your free copy here: https://bit.ly/TheContinent183 image
Review: Maturity brings wisdom and experience. But how refreshing it is to let whim and whimsy guide your actions – if only because you don’t know any better, writes @npub1vegn...2gvn
Review: Oh, to be young and this naïve
Maturity brings wisdom and experience. But how refreshing it is to let whim and whimsy guide your actions – if only because you don’t know any ...
Drought has highlighted the failure of the state to build dams and improve the country’s water security, and Zimbabweans are having to dig deep to compensate.
If the state won’t fix it, well ... you know the drill
Drought has highlighted the failure of the state to build dams and improve the country’s water security, and Zimbabweans are having to dig deep t...
The Kenya Peasants League says it is collecting a million signatures to support its appeal against a ruling that okayed genetically modified crops – the latest front in a decades-long battle to keep GMOs out of Kenya.
Kenyan fight against GM crops heads to the appeal court
The state has opened the door for modified seeds to help grow food. Activists desperately want to close it.
Today’s No 77 Wilhelmstraße is unremarkable: a residential building in Berlin. But it was at this address on 15 November 1884, that German chancellor Otto Von Bismarck gathered European leaders to carve up Africa, in what is now known as the Berlin Conference.
Stolen artefacts and time’s harsh march forward
It’s been 140 years since the Berlin Conference formalised Europe’s pillaging of Africa. Most of that loot hasn’t been returned.