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The Long Shadow of German Colonialism tells of a brutal history, and how this past lives on today.
The most detrimental impact of political corruption is that it destroys the power holders’ incentives to curb it.
The numbers of refugees and asylum seekers are rising at a time when there is growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
The IPCC has set the agenda for global climate policy. No wonder countries are keen to influence its next round of reports.
Temporary ceasefire should be seen more broadly as a window to further engage with all parties to find long-term solutions.
Kenya must keep adapting its development programmes - and move beyond just high altitude running academies.
The state’s efforts to quell public protests show some worrying similarities to the past.
The new cabinet needs to transform the status quo.
Citizens willingly pay taxes in return for government using these resources to provide services such as education and health.
Smallholder farmers in Gwanda, rural Zimbabwe face droughts and rising temperatures from climate change. Their environment is also being damaged by artisanal gold miners, new research has found.
South Africa’s game reserves, tourist parks, chalets and ocean activities are being disrupted by extreme weather. To protect livelihoods, urban planning needs to adapt to climate change fast.
There is a high risk of famine in multiple regions of Sudan if immediate action is not taken.
President Ruto’s re-awakening of class identities has shifted the character of Kenya’s politics in ways even he could not have predicted.
Liberation was meant to deliver significant change, for the better. But South Africa and Namibia show that the new elites that took power exercised it for their own benefit.
Ordinary Whites in Apartheid South Africa is a new book that explores how apartheid monitored and shaped white life, and how all classes of white people were complicit.
Communities who have lived off the land and the sea for hundreds of years will need to organise if they want to stop giant companies like Shell from destroying their livelihood by mining.
A new study into drownings of small-scale fishers on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria has found that extreme weather and boat owners’ failure to provide life jackets are causes.
An analysis of 88 million wildfire observations over the past 21 years shows a strong increase in the frequency and intensity of the most extreme fires around the world.
Floating solar panel systems on lakes and dams could generate much of Africa’s energy, decrease greehouse gas emissions, and stop freshwater evaporating, new research has found.
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