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Category: Environment
Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction
Wildlife is indeed far much more than a safari or an ‘exotic’ ornament: as many as…
As Europe eyes Africa’s gas reserves, environmentalists sound the alarm by Ashoka Mukpo
In the wake of an energy crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European countries are…
Battery Arms Race: Global Capital and the Scramble for Cobalt in the Congo
With growing attention to climate breakdown and the need for expanded use of renewable energy sources,…
Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
27 Jul 2021 – July 28th marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This…
Earth’s Greatest Enemy – A New Film by Abby Martin [OFFICIAL TEASER]
Abby Martin’s second feature film is an anti-imperialist environmental documentary. Join her on the journey, and…
Egypt-Ethiopia: Difficult Negotiations
The latest round of Egyptian-Ethiopian negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), brokered by former…
Food Insecurity and the Prospects for Emerging Players
With the inauguration of Joe Biden, and the coming post-Covid era being bound to create uncertain…
Cry of the Himalaya: 4 Decades of Disasters, 4 Decades of Warning
I am a child of the Ganga Himalaya , nourished materially and spiritually by Dev Bhoomi,…
To Farm or Not to Farm in Developing Countries
The week has been an interesting one full of global challenges, with escalating violence propagated by…
Farmers block roads across India in protest against farm laws
This was part of their continuing struggle against the three farm laws that were passed by…
Haitians intensify struggle against president Jovenel Moïse
Haitian citizens, social movements, trade unions and opposition political parties are demanding the resignation of president…
Enough ‘Blah Blah Blah’ From Global Elites, Greta Thunberg Declares at Digital Davos
In yet another fiery speech to attendees of an elite annual summit, climate activist Greta Thunberg made clear…
480,000 killed by extreme weather this century – Analysis
Almost half a million people have died in natural disasters linked to extreme weather events in…
Satellite alerts help fight illegal logging across Africa
By Reuters Published on Jan 05, 2021 A system using satellite data to send free…
“Colonizing the Atmosphere”: How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis
New analysis finds the Global North is responsible for 92% of all excess global carbon dioxide…
‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia by Vijay Prashad, Alejandro Bejarano
What role did billionaire Elon Musk and his thirst for lithium play in the coup in…
The Gates Foundation’s “Green Revolution” in Africa: Agribusiness Wins, Small Scale Farmers Lose
15 Jul 2020 – Ann Garrison interviews Timothy Wise on why US-style corporate agriculture pushed by billionaire…
Racial Pandemic and Viral Pandemic: USA Is an Epicenter, but Both Pandemics Are Global by Imani Countess and William Minter*
* William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. Imani Countess is an Open Society Fellow…
DRC’s Virunga: Park, Gorillas, and Rangers All Under Attack
Congolese officials are blaming armed Rwandan Hutu refugees for the massacre of twelve rangers and five…
Deception? Deception?
In Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”, a stunned Amanda Wingfield enters the second scene repeating an…
What happened to Africa’s ambitious green belt project?
The 15 kilometer (9.3 mile) wide Great Green Wall project stretches over 7,775 km from Senegal…
How is the Covid-19 Crisis Changing the Global Movement Landscape?
by Amber FrenchApril 03, 2020 In this article I offer a big-picture framework for how the Covid-19…
Blood on the Nile is what’s coming if Egypt and Ethiopia continue their war of words over water
The Nile, one of the wonders of the natural world, finds itself the subject of an…
Climate Change and the Sinking Island States in the Pacific By Saber Salem
Jan 2020 – Climate change is one of the most pressing political, economic and environmental issues of…