Special Report

After three months in illegal detention – partly in one of Libya’s most brutal prisons – Mohammed al Mensli, Director-General of the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office...

Sierra Leone has been in a state of shock ever since one of Freetown’s most astonishing urban myths was confirmed as fact – that one of Europe’s most...

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Mustapha K Darboe and Andrew Weir

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir

It was a first for a UN Climate Conference. But it stopped short of what many delegates had called for – 'a phase-out' of the use of coal,...

"There is no future in charging in the footsteps of the polluter. There is opportunity in leapfrogging and leading the world in a new direction." Mohamed Adow, Director...

The schism between the west and developing economies over compensation for the damage caused by climate change is dominating preparatory talks ahead of the UN COP28 Climate summit...

'We are seeing the biggest change and transformation in our societies since the invention of the steam engine,' Nicola Beer, MP at the European parliament

One of the most significant moments of the finance meetings in Marrakech on 9-15 October was the call by World Bank President Ajay Banga to open discussions on...

Billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who has built up monopoly control over some of the biggest container terminals in Africa, is heading back to the French courts with two of...