Opinions

In commemoration of the UN Charter Day 2024 i.e. the day the UN Charter was adopted exactly 79 years ago, today (26 June 1945), Daniel Perell & Heba Aly argue the Charter was always meant to be a living document, hence it’s now time to breathe some new life into…

James Boafo and et al. argue that despite a rapidly growing demand for critical minerals such as lithium, to meet clean energy and de-carbonisation objectives, African countries are not fully exploiting their mineral wealth. Source: Al Jazeera Africa hosts substantial resources of critical minerals. As a result, foreign mining companies are rushing to…

Pungwe River, near Zimbabwe The Pungwe River basin, shared by Zimbabwe and Mozambique, is rich in plant and animal diversity. However, the ecosystem is now under threat from human activities. In 2023, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) commissioned an Environmental Flow (EFlows) assessment to understand how the Pungwe River…

Yemi Kale argues debt is crippling Africa’s just net-zero transition, advocating for concessional financing and reforms as a means to help African countries better fund health, education, and climate resilience projects. Too many African countries are facing existential crises, where human capital and socioeconomic development targets for quality health and…

Parfait Onanga-Anyanga argues in the twenty short years since its founding, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU-PSC) has demonstrated leadership, foresight, and a strong commitment to the values and principles outlined in the AU Constitutive Act and the Protocol relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security…

Nudhara Yusuf and Carole Osero-Ageng’o, Co-Chairs of the just concluded momentous 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference in support of the upcoming Summit of the Future (SOTF), the first of its kind to take place in the Global South, reflect on the outcomes of the conference, titled the ImPACT for…

Hannah Ryder argues colonial history explains why the Bretton Woods institutions (BWIs) have never played the role that African countries need them to play in their development, hence why the BWIs are due for a revamp from their colonial roots. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during…

Carlos Lopes posits the debt situation in many African countries has escalated again to a critical juncture with twenty countries in, or at risk of, debt distress, due to three pivotal elements significantly contributing to this. Firstly, the rules governing the international banking system favour developed countries and work against the…

Rose Jaji argues the racialization of space thrives on the conflation of racial differences which generates a correspondingly racialized migration lexicon that positively depicts migrants from high income countries as expatriates, lifestyle migrants, cosmopolitans and assets to their host countries, while portraying migrants from low to high-income countries as asylum seekers…