Evidence stretching back 40,000 years shows that global warming will increase drying in a region of East Africa where drought already causes humanitarian crises, writes Alex Kirby - dashing earlier hopes of increased rainfall.
… Warming world means more drought in Horn of Africa Alex Kirby | 18th October 2015 News Climate Change Africa War Science drought-ethiopia-cut.jpg … will increase drying in a region of East Africa where drought already causes …
Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government.
… The corporate scramble for Africa's minerals: Britain's new colonialism … Colin Todhunter | 14th July 2016 News Africa Mining Corporations War Economics … Western Sahara Morocco bou-craa-cut.jpg Africa is being opened up like a tin of …
Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta, Limagrain are among the companies to buy into Africa's indigenous seed companies. It's all part of the corporate takeover of the continent's agriculture at the expense of the small farmers who feed most of Africa's people.
… Big Biotech's African seed takeover The Ecologist | 13th October 2014 News Africa Farming Corporations tanseed-cut.jpg … Limagrain are among the companies to buy into Africa's indigenous seed companies. It's all …
The Gates Foundation is spending half a billion dollars a year to 'feed the world', most of it aimed at Africa. But as GRAIN discovers, it is imposing a model of high-tech, high-input 'green revolution' farming, complete with GMOs, agro-chemicals and a pro-business neoliberal agenda, all in in alliance with corporate agriculture.
… agriculture GRAIN | 5th November 2014 News Africa Farming Science bill-gates-cut.jpg The … year to 'feed the world', most of it aimed at Africa. But as GRAIN discovers, it is imposing … of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and a series of large grants to …
Stemming Sub-Saharan Africa’s demand for a devastating energy source will require a colossal shift from business-as-usual, principally through mass adoption of solar energy.
… Gwen Andersen | 21st March 2019 News Charcoal Africa charcoal_seller_kenya_option_2.jpg … Stemming Sub-Saharan Africa’s demand for a devastating energy … are still used in 70 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa , killing over 4 million people …
For 600 million rural people across Africa, the food they grow is the food they eat. A new plant breeding academy in Kenya is using advanced genomic technologies to produce more robust and nutritious crops, writes Howard-Yana Shapiro.
… GMO-free bioscience to feed Africa's farming families Howard-Yana Shapiro … | 19th January 2014 Comment Food Farming Africa boabab-tree.png For 600 million rural people across Africa, the food they grow is the food they …
Conservation is a huge industry in Africa but wildlife populations across the continent are declining. So why isn't it working?
… conservation quandary: can wildlife NGOs save Africa's animals? Ian Michler | 21st November 2011 News Natural World Wildlife Africa Geographic Ecologist Investigations … Conservation is a huge industry in Africa but wildlife populations across the …
The idea that GMO cotton offers hope to Africa's impoverished cotton farmers is facile and fraudulent, writes Arya Tajdin. In fact it only adds to their vulnerability. Their real problems lie in the structural oversupply of subsidized cotton on world markets, and the flood of 'kifua' - dead white man's clothing - that undermines the continent's textile industries.
… GM cotton: a false promise for Africa's farmers Arya Tajdin | 27th August 2015 News Farming Africa Tanzania Trade Corporations … The idea that GMO cotton offers hope to Africa's impoverished cotton farmers is facile …
Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas, writes Bill Laurance. We must block the most destructive plans and limit avoidable impacts on natural areas - before it's too late.
… road and rail projects threaten thousands of Africa’s wildlife reserves Bill Laurance James … Cook University | 4th January 2015 Comment Africa Conservation Transport Development … Areas Mining Forests road-gabon-cut.jpg Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in …
With little hope of a binding deal on climate change at the latest UN summit, campaigners are hoping that Africa's COP will tackle the issue that plagues the continent most: agriculture
… why farming is the biggest issue for Africa Rosie Spinks | 4th November 2011 News … Agro-ecology Climate Change Agriculture Africa Durban Climate Change Conference … that agriculture will feature heavily in Africa's COP With little hope of a binding …
The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes Stephen Greenberg, with the Gates Foundation and USAID playing puppet-masters to Africa's governments - now meeting in Addis Ababa - as they drive forward corporation-friendly seed regulations that exclude and marginalize the small farmers whose seeds and labour feed the continent.
… Grabbing Africa's seeds: USAID, EU and Gates Foundation … Oliver Tickell | 23rd March 2015 News Africa Farming Seeds Corporations USA EU maria … The latest salvo in the battle over Africa's seed systems has been fired, writes …
The vast dams clogging the veins of Africa are instruments of control rather than promised hydroelectric liberation. Khadija Sharife investigates.
… Debt Debt Cancellation Politics And Economics Africa dam_lies_02.jpg Photograph: Lori … Rivers The vast dams clogging the veins of Africa are instruments of control rather than … to drought, conflict and corruption as in Africa, a continent punctured by poverty, mal- …
Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs are meeting in London today to plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. Absent African civil society and impacted communities, delegates are setting an agenda for 'resource-led development' that will cook the continent in the greenhouse gases of its plundered oil, gas and coal.
… them eat carbon! The corporate plan to cook Africa in its own fossil fuels Nnimmo Bassey Sheila Berry | 17th March 2015 Comment Africa Development Fossil Fuels Mining Oil … plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. …
This book by Wangari Maathai is a manifesto for change whose message is as vital for aid agencies and governments as it is for a woman farming a Kenyan hillside
… The Challenge for Africa - A New Vision Will Bugler | 19th June 2009 Reviews Book Review Challenge For Africa Wangari Maathai Food And Farming … saw in her the myriad challenges that face Africa today. But The Challenge for Africa is …
£600 million of UK aid money is going to help companies like Unilever and Monsanto take over African land and agriculture, writes Miriam Ross. The corporate power-grab will be disastrous for the small-scale farmers who feed at least 70% of Africa's people.
… UK 'aid' is financing a corporate scramble for Africa Miriam Ross | 3rd April 2014 News Food Farming Africa Corporations africa-woman-farmer.png £600 million of UK aid …
Hundreds of thousands of small-scale cocoa farmers in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire will be forced to adapt or relocate by higher temperatures
… chocolate: climate change threatens West Africa's cocoa dominance Tom Levitt | 29th … 2011 News Chocolate Food And Farming Africa Cocoa Climate Change cocoatree.jpg … difficult in the key growing regions of West Africa by 2030 because of climate change, …
Pastoralist communities have lived in the most challenging environments in Africa for more than 6,000 years. But a dangerous mix of stereotyping, changing governance and climate change is now threatening their way of life. CURTIS ABRAHAM investigates
… How ancient pastoral communities across Africa are facing the new challenges to their … Abraham | 11th January 2018 News Pastoralists Africa Climate Change Drought … lived in the most challenging environments in Africa for more than 6,000 years. But a …
The disconnect between what oil and petrol companies say is happening in East Africa and what global bodies, international NGOs, academics, activists and ecologists say is going on should worry us all, writes Thembi Mutch
… Oil and natural gas exploration in East Africa Thembi Mutch | 20th December 2012 News … and petrol companies say is happening in East Africa and what global bodies, international … really important we don’t screw up in East Africa, and it’s vital we draw attention to …
From slave labour to armed conflict, our thirst for natural resources has created serious problems for Africa. Pádraig Carmody’s latest book attempts to unravel the moral morass, says Mark Newton
… The New Scramble for Africa Mark Newton | 9th May 2012 Reviews Books Reviews Africa Minerals Natural Resources Conflict … resources has created serious problems for Africa. Pádraig Carmody’s latest book attempts …
Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open farming up to an agribusiness invasion - displacing the millions of small cultivators that now feed the continent, and replacing them with a new model of profit-oriented agriculture using patented seeds and varieties. The agencies effecting the transformation are legion - but they are all marching to a single drum.
… Land and seed laws under attack as Africa is groomed for corporate recolonization … AFSA The Ecologist | 12th February 2015 News Africa Food Farming Seeds Corporations Un Development sorghum-cut.jpg Across Africa, laws are being rewritten to open …
Two of Asia's three rhino species are 'critically endangered', writes David Tosh, yet the lion's share of rhino conservation resources is lavished on Africa. The reason is simple: Africa's rhinos generate more cash from tourism. But should this really be the point?
… Africa's rhinos grab the cash while their … Tosh | 2nd October 2015 Comment Mammals Asia Africa Conservation Finance Economics … rhino conservation resources is lavished on Africa. The reason is simple: Africa's rhinos …
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.
… Gates 'failing green revolution in Africa' Stacy Malkan | 14th August 2020 | News Green Revolution Agriculture Africa Agroecology Food And Farming … protest Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not …
Africa sustains some of the most spectacular ecosystems on the planet - from the Sergengeti to the Congo Basin to the Eastern Arc forests. But those ecosystems and their iconic wildlife are now facing their greatest peril, writes William Laurance - a mining boom of unprecedented intensity.
… Africa's ecosystems imperilled by mining … frenzy William Laurance | 24th June 2014 News Africa Natural World Wildlife World Heritage Mining tanzania-plains.jpg Africa sustains some of the most spectacular …
Using new technologies to take on poaching in Africa is reaping big dividends, writes Thomas Snitch. Where drones are deployed as part of an integrated package of measures, poachers quickly give up. The trouble is, they move to other unprotected locations. So we must extend the program to all of Africa's most at-risk areas.
… Satellites, mathematics and drones take down Africa's poachers Thomas Snitch | 3rd February … Trade Hunting Technology Natural World africa-drone-cut.png Using new technologies to take on poaching in Africa is reaping big dividends, writes Thomas …