Last year, farmers in my village in northern Ghana experienced perhaps the worst drought in recent times. The rains started…
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Cotonou, Benin CNN — Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling…
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and…
In central Africa, the consequences of climate change are already having a negative impact on the lives and livelihood of…
The illegal trade of pangolins—poaching, trafficking, and sale of pangolins, their parts, or pangolin-derived products on the black market—is thriving.…
Happy Earth Week!Greetings from the belly of the beast! I’ve been in Washington DC over the last few days attending…
As significant economic agents in Africa, Small and Medium Enterprises are being targeted to drive the climate conversation. However, they…
It is pertinent that deposits made to climate funds actually lead to the uptake and utilisation of these, especially in climate…
To adapt to these challenges and achieve sustainable industrialisation Africa must change the way it creates policy. Africa must move…
Africa Confidential’s reporting and analysis is valued by a wide range of organisations and individuals: from corporate executives, country risk…
The climate change crisis, a truly global emergency if ever there was one, need not degenerate into diplomatic finger-pointing and…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released recently, gave a dire warning about the consequences of inaction. It shows that climate…