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 65 No 17 | NIGERIASIERRA LEONESPECIAL REPORT Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 22nd August 2024 Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 22 | CLIMATE CHANGESPECIAL REPORT China, Europe and the US mull tariff war amid scramble for Africa's green minerals 20th October 2023 Corporate rivalries and geopolitical tensions disrupt markets for electric vehicles | Special Report by Tim Concannon 'We are seeing the biggest change and transformation in our societies since the invention of the steam engine,' Nicola Beer, MP at the European parliament 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...
Vol 65 No 13 | AFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Stalemate on climate finance talks irks African negotiators 19th June 2024 After technical negotiations over green transition funds in Bonn hit a deadlock, talks are to resume at the UN General Assembly in September Despite hopes of progress on climate finance for Africa at recent UN negotiations, an impasse emerged at the interim SB60 meeting held in Bonn, Germany from 3 to...