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Land is Africa’s best hope for climate adaptation: it must be the focus at COP30
10th November 2025 Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, land degradation,... →
Access to water has a long racial history in Durban: I followed the story in the city’s archives
7th November 2025 The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of... →
Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope
6th November 2025 There is now a growing global consensus that additional measures are needed to support the agency of social protection beneficiaries. Such support... →
Social work is a serious profession – why not youth work? What South Africa needs to get right
5th November 2025 About 3.5-million South Africans aged 15-24 are disengaged from the formal economy and education system. In the first quarter of 2025, 37.1% of... →
African countries need strong development banks: how they can push back against narratives to weaken them
5th November 2025 A quiet but consequential contest is playing out in the global financial architecture. One that could determine Africa’s ability to finance its own... →
Africa’s trade deal with the US was left in limbo: what exporters can do about it
4th November 2025 The US-Africa preferential trade deal – in place for a quarter century – expired on 30 September 2025. It’s far from certain if the trade deal will... →
Peace in Sudan? 3 reasons why mediation hasn’t worked so far
4th November 2025 Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, sparked by a power struggle... →
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
3rd November 2025 Famine – the extreme scarcity of food – devastated Ethiopia’s Tigray region during and after a two-year war that began in November 2020. Yet, the... →
Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests
3rd November 2025 In Tanzania, something snapped this year. Protests followed the 29 October 2025 elections. They are unprecedented in their scale, national breadth... →
Climate crisis is a daily reality for many African communities: how to try and protect them
31st October 2025 For many African communities, the climate crisis is not a future scenario – it is a daily emergency. Irreversible losses, destroyed homes, failed... →
