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Where does deforestation occur, why is it happening, and what can be done to prevent it?

Animation showcasing how a collaborative approach between policy institutes in the Global South and Global North can improve forestry policy decisions.

Aanu Adeoye outlines how the invasion of Ukraine is affecting perceptions of Russia across the Africa region.

Short video explaining how the Policy for Recovery Series provides careful analysis and evidence-based policy solutions for Africa.

Throughout 2020, pandemic lockdowns have been punctuated by mass movements calling for political change. What characteristics allow such protests to make an impact?

Chinese engagement with Africa is on an uptick after a period of decline.

The organization has failed to give voice to the Global South and the countries it most represents. With new approaches to peacekeeping and trade, an African secretary-general can change this, writes ’Funmi Olonisakin.

Private investment is key to closing the vast gap in climate finance, but too little is reaching the world’s most vulnerable countries. COP29 is an opportunity to change this, writes Thierry Watrin.

In this episode, Wenjie Chen of the International Monetary Fund’s African Department discusses the IMF regional economic outlook for sub-Saharan Africa.

From a year of elections, to multiple summits, as well as conflict hotspots and debt burdens, 2024 will bring mixed fortunes for the African continent.

The former top American general tells Lynne O’Donnell about the threat of China, how Ukraine has changed warfare and why the West must focus on Africa.

Martin Fayulu, opposition leader and former presidential candidate in the DRC, on the challenges for achieving free and fair elections in 2023, the security crisis in eastern DRC, and his vision for the country’s regional identity and future global role.

The historian tells Mike Higgins about the corporation’s contentious role in apartheid’s last years and how its outreach work empowers women and attracts criticism.

Pro-LGBTQ legislation needs upholding, particularly in an era of conservative repression, writes Graeme Reid.

A special episode with HE Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS).

African countries face collective climate and job creation-related challenges, yet policymaking often remains regionally siloed.

Episode ten discusses Africa and the complex role China plays on the continent, and how the world should be responding to the major conflicts of 2023.

Despite few African trade and financial links with Russia and Ukraine, the war in Ukraine will cause civil strife in Africa due to food and energy inflation.

Highlighting key interventions from African policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and civil society voices on green financing and implementation plans.

A global approach is the only way to tackle debt distress in Africa. This will require strategic cooperation between China, the West and African nations.

From nuclear proliferation to African debt, here are the issues six of our expert contributors expect to make the news in the year ahead.

At the US-Africa Leaders Summit, Washington will need to go beyond strategic geopolitical interest to compete with China’s offer, says James Orr.

This episode discusses the current state of the Commonwealth and the relevance of language-based intergovernmental organizations to African states seeking to diversify their international relations.

How did leading academics and policymakers think about and impact imperialism and decolonization from the 1920s to 1970s?

Change is necessary not only in global economic structures and attitudes – but in African governance too.

Discussion of ‘African agency’ must distinguish between the continent and specific groups of Africans, and can manifest as resistance to totalitarian power.

Nature-based solutions can protect African nations’ shared natural endowment and meet the needs of their people.

The COP host has a crucial role to play in climate justice for the continent and in the vexed issue of African gas in the energy transition, says Karim Elgendy.

Examining the crossover between water security and climate change with the next two COPs taking place in regions with a history of being water stressed.

To meet the challenges of rapid urbanization, African governments must harness the potential of young innovators to help shape the future of African cities.

In the final part of a series on the impact of the Roe v Wade ruling, Nina van der Mark assesses the global impact of America’s reverse on reproductive rights.

Voters want the continent’s ageing leaders to step aside to usher in a new age of political engagement and robust democracy, say the experts of Afrobarometer.

Beijing must play a pivotal role in soothing African economic distress, says Alex Vines.

From foster care in England to colonialism’s legacy in Zimbabwe, this set of essays on race, feminism and identity is searingly honest, says Masiyaleti Mbewe.

Africa’s news sites are gripping audiences with digital innovation and bold directions. Helen Fitzwilliam talks to editors at three platforms.