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Environmental justice activists from Africa are seeking a just energy transition

Despite verbal nods to global cooperation, equity, and solidarity, the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare a brutal realpolitik: all countries will put their citizens first and vaccinate their own populations, before offering charitable leftovers beyond their own borders. Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other region, learned this lesson the hard way, as COVID-19 vaccines were too few and too late to adequately scale vaccination coverage. African leaders now increasingly recognize that their only path to real health security (“Never Again”) is through self-sufficiency—and that means developing ...

The rush by Western investors to adopt ESG strategies could hamper Africa's industrialisation efforts and leave many trapped in dire poverty.

Advertisement Perhaps no other topic agitates the contemporary strategic imagination more than the implications of China’s rise — not just for the future of the ruling regime in Beijing but also for Africa, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. But in the recent past, nervous apprehension (mixed with considerable excitement) about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitions has given way to another sentiment, that China may be inching toward overreach — both economic as well as geopolitical — as public opinion across many Western democracies coalesces into China skepticism, if not outright ant...

As part of its post-Brexit global vision, Britain is hosting a UK-Africa trade conference. But its new trade deals fail to offer African nations much extra as Britain falls behind as a trading partner on the continent.