environment
Pollution, Power and Gold: Zimbabwe’s Mining Crisis Uncovered
On the edge of Zimbabwe’s Midlands province, the mining town of Shurugwi is gradually disappearing, not suddenly, but gradually, piece by piece. Hills that[…]
The Wonders of the Mauritania’s Iron-ore Train
The Mauritania Iron Ore Train is not designed for passengers. Yet travellers climb into its open wagons, turning one of the world’s longest freight[…]
Fishing for Fortune: How Marine Tourism Can Lift Gambia’s Economy
By reducing its reliance on traditional beach tourism, The Gambia is charting a new course toward faster sectoral growth. Largely driven by its beaches,[…]
Algeria’s Project of the Century: 1.48 Gigawatt Solar Rollout
A Turning Point in the Desert In the sun-scorched expanse of North Africa, where daylight stretches long and intense across the Sahara, Algeria is[…]
Liberia and Tanzania forge Maritime Partnership to advance Africa’s Blue Economy
Africa handles a significant share of global maritime trade but owns only a small proportion of the world’s shipping fleet. According to the United[…]
Ghanaian trader killings in Burkina Faso signal growing threat to West African Economic Integration
On February 14, seven Ghanaian tomato traders were killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants in the town of Titao in northern Burkina[…]
Coastal Erosion Is Harming Benin’s Beautiful Beaches
Undoubtedly, Benin has some of West Africa’s most beautiful Atlantic beaches, stretching along the Gulf of Guinea from Cotonou to Ouidah and Grand-Popo. These[…]
Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Paradox: Record Output, Falling Prices, and a Growing Bean Backlog
Ivory Coast’s cocoa boom is the result of decades of state-backed expansion that turned the country into the world’s largest cocoa producer, supplying about[…]
Mozambique Flood Victims Face Growing Shelter and Health Crisis
Despite the rescue success in the flooding, which has ravaged Mozambique since mid-December 2025, victims are now facing a growing shelter and health crisis.[…]
Is Environmental Pollution the Cost for Irresponsible Economic Development in Zambia?
When the promise of economic growth is weighed against environmental realities in Africa, the balance is rarely simple. In Zambia, a country known for[…]
Heartbreak In Lagos: Mass Demolitions Force Thousands Into Homelessness
They woke up to the sound of demolition but are now praying that day shouldn’t have come. The demolition ruined their fortunes, caused death,[…]
Resource Control and the Uranium Question in Niger Republic
The road into Arlit tells its own story. Long before the mines appear, the dust thickens, clinging to skin and clothing. Rusted metal frames[…]
Nigeria Positions Itself as Africa’s Climate Leader, But the Real Test Is at Home.
Billiamu Usman stands silently before the ruins of what used to be a busy family compound, once home to nearly 50 members of his[…]
Sudan’s Darfur Region Devastated by a Deadly Landslide.
On August 31, a landslide struck Tarasin, a remote village in the Marrah Mountains of Darfur. Local authorities and aid groups reported over 1,000[…]
Galamsey: Illegal Mining Activities are Destroying Ghana’s Lifelines.
Gold has always attracted people to Ghana, a major producer of the precious metal in West Africa. The country has a long history of dealing[…]
Nigeria’s Unregulated Mining Economy: How Illicit Gold Fuels Parallel Power.
In the sun-scorched terrains of northwestern Nigeria, the gold fields of Zamfara and Niger States stretch across vast, dusty landscapes marked by shallow pits,[…]
Governance Of Ghana’s Ocean Space – Troubled Waters Engendered by Crime and Corruption.
The late Major Courage Quashigah (rtd), a former Ghanaian Health Minister, had his own definition of food security.” Good, quality, nutritious food, hygienically packaged,[…]
Russia’s Mining Investment in Tanzania: Extraction Or Partnership?
Red dust clings to maize fields and coats village homes in southern Tanzania. Villagers say, trucks rumble past daily carrying soil destined for processing[…]
The Meth Pipeline: Nigeria, Mexico, and the New Face of Drug Trafficking
When operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) carried out a raid at a secluded forest location in Ogun State on Saturday, 16 May 2026, they uncovered[…]
What a New Dinosaur Discovery Reveals About Africa’s Prehistoric Past
Today, the Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert, a vast landscape of sand, rock, and extreme temperatures. But around 95 million years ago, it was a dramatically different[…]
Who Gains More? Inside the Kenya-France Africa Forward Summit Agreements
In May 2026, Kenya hosted the Africa Forward Summit in partnership with France, the first time such a gathering was held outside a Francophone country. President William Ruto of[…]
The Kampala Gathering: Why African and Global Power Rallied Around Uganda
On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took the oath to serve a record seventh consecutive term as president of the Republic of Uganda. This came[…]
Oyo Schoolchildren Abduction Opens a New Dimension to Nigeria’s Security Crisis
For decades, Nigeria’s security crisis has been defined by geography, with four of the country’s geopolitical regions battling peculiar insurgency situations. The South-West and South-South geopolitical zones had been[…]
Inside the DRC Ebola Outbreak: A Test of Africa’s Epidemic Response
When authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in eastern provinces in May 2026, the announcement carried significance beyond national borders. Ebola[…]
The Economy Is Rising, But So Is Hunger
“The economy is bad! Very terrible!” “Have you been to the market recently?” “Things are very expensive.” “We’ve never had it this worse” “How much is even my salary?”[…]
The Promise and The Price of Return: How Ghana’s Homecoming Boom affects its Local Residents.
When Ghana declared 2019 the “Year of Return,” it was framed as both a symbolic and economic project, an invitation to the global African diaspora to reconnect with a[…]
One Drop At a Time: The UK-Kenya Project Transforming Life and Securing Communities In Wajir
Residents of Geriley, in Wajir, will for the first time in almost 30 years access clean and reliable water supply following the launch of a community borehole commissioned under[…]
How Sudan’s War is Dismantling the Country’s Food System
In a crowded neighbourhood in Omdurman, a mother measures out the day’s food with care, dividing a small bowl of sorghum among her children and quietly deciding that her[…]
Inside Somalia’s Worsening Hunger Crisis as 6.5 million Edge Toward Famine
It would be difficult for many people to imagine how starvation feels. Extreme hunger and thirst without relief. Somalia, having been ranked the eighth poorest country in the world[…]
African music streaming paradox: Global Hits, Local Pennies.
From clinching global awards and recognitions to international charts domination, many African artists are rewriting the story of African music. In a fast-moving and competitive market, the African music[…]
Uganda’s Dark Days: Real Meaning of the Election Internet Shutdown
At exactly 18:00 on 13 January 2026, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) imposed a nationwide internet blackout, just two days before the general elections scheduled for Thursday, 15 January[…]
Jos Attacks: The Recurring Violence in Plateau State
The Angwan Rukuba Attack No fewer than twenty-eight people, among them a pregnant woman, were reportedly killed on Sunday, March 29, 2026, while several others sustained varied degrees of[…]
Deadly Contracts: Inside the Recruitment of Kenyans into Russia’s War
The war between Russia and Ukraine, which has been ongoing for the past four years, has had a negative ripple effect in Africa in the form of controversial involvement[…]
Sudan Conflict: No End in Sight as War Fractures into Regional Power Struggles
The year 2026 is a grim milestone for Sudan as it marks three years of war. Families have been huddling in makeshift shelters in crowded displacement camps near the[…]
FIFA World Cup 2026: How African countries Are preparing to participate in the world’s biggest football tournament
It is about 4 p.m. in Kpaduma, on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and a group of young players—some barely teenagers—pass a ball across a dusty field as[…]
Nigerian Military Air Strikes on the Yobe-Borno Local Market.
The world woke up to the news of a bombing of a local market close to the borders of terrorism-ravaged Borno and Yobe States in Nigeria on Saturday, April[…]
Peace, Power, and The Papacy
Pope Leo XIV’s 11-day visit to Africa from April 13th to 23rd was more than a spiritual journey. It came at a time when parts of the continent continue[…]
Tuareg Rock: Musical Hope for an Unstable Region
Somewhere in the southern Algerian desert in the late 1970s, a young man named Ibrahim Ag Alhabib watched a Western film and saw a cowboy playing guitar. Inspired by[…]
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