Vol 51 No 9 | CLIMATE CHANGE Key points from Copenhagen 30th April 2010 At the United Nations’ climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, African governments won a victory by stopping attempts by the West to kill off the Kyoto...
Vol 65 No 7 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE Anger as Geneva wins Fund fight 28th March 2024 African officials and climate activists want to reverse the decision to host the Loss and Damage advisory network in Geneva instead of Nairobi. They met in Lilongwe, Malawi,...
Vol 64 No 18 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Nairobi vies for green capital status 7th September 2023 William Ruto advances his own, and Kenya's interests, but fails to pull in much climate finance from industrial economies Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy, Kenya's William...
Vol 63 No 10 | TOGOSPECIAL REPORT SPECIAL REPORT: How Vincent Bolloré came to dominate business in Togo – using money, media and merchandise 5th May 2022 Africa Confidential presents a Special Report on the Breton tycoon’s growing influence in Africa. Far from quitting the continent, Vincent Bolloré’s business and political interests in Africa are deepening – even as he faces trial in Paris for grand corruption in league with two West African leaders. By Andrew Weir and Nicolas Vescovacci Billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who has built up monopoly control over some of the biggest container terminals in Africa, is heading back to the French courts with two of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 3 | CLIMATE CHANGEAFRICA IN 2023 Finance and energy access come first 23rd January 2023 The IMF, World Bank and G20 face growing pressure to raise funds for climate goals ahead of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai Arguments over emissions cuts, climate finance and developing economies' access to energy are set to dominate the UN COP28 Climate summit in Dubai in November. Despite sharpening geopolitical...
