Vol 65 No 7 | AFRICAUNITED NATIONSCLIMATE CHANGE Anger as Geneva wins Fund fight 28th March 2024 African officials and climate activists want to reverse the decision to host the Loss and Damage advisory network in Geneva instead of Nairobi. They met in Lilongwe, Malawi,...
Vol 65 No 13 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Calls grow to regulate ballooning carbon credits 17th June 2024 President William Ruto holds up carbon trading as his country’s next big export but climate activists want much tighter controls By elevating carbon credits to the top of the climate finance agenda President William Ruto has made Kenya a key player on environment policy in Africa. He has...
Vol 51 No 9 | CLIMATE CHANGE Key points from Copenhagen 30th April 2010 At the United Nations’ climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, African governments won a victory by stopping attempts by the West to kill off the Kyoto...
Vol 65 No 23 | GAMBIARUSSIASPECIAL REPORT Russian sanctions-busters find a Gambian haven 14th November 2024 A US-sanctioned Russian illegally imported US$29 million worth of diesel to The Gambia, sold it there, and sent the money to the UAE, but the authorities seem uninterested An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir READ FOR FREE
Vol 66 No 19 | ETHIOPIAAFRICACLIMATE CHANGE Addis summit pushes continent’s green industry ambition 19th September 2025 With climate finance at a premium, delegates focused on bankable projects, trading and refining critical minerals and nature-based initiatives Alongside the nationalist tub-thumping, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was making a serious point about climate and energy policy when he invited a group of international leaders for...
