Vol 65 No 1

Published 4th January 2024

What did the UN COP28 Climate summit deliver for Africa?

29 Dec 2023

PREVIEW

The final communiqué at the end of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai on 13 December produced what its authors hailed as a breakthrough – it approved a roadmap for 'transitioning away from fossil fuels' | By Tim Concannon

In our latest special report, Climate Editor Tim Concannon analyses the gains and losses for Africa's economies in the aftermath of the UN COP28 Climate summit in Dubai.

Read our Special Report here: What did the UN COP28 Climate summit deliver for Africa?

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Vol 65 No 17 |

Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush

22nd August 2024

Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir

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Vol 62 No 4 |

Green tax blow to Africa

18th February 2021

The EU's €1 trillion Green Deal project sits at the heart of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission Presidency, but the bloc wants to export its climate change...

Vol 64 No 25 |

CLIMATE CHANGE
SPECIAL REPORT

The 28th UN Conference of the Parties Climate Summit – a users' guide

7th December 2023

How to navigate the facts, the figures and the declarations | By Tim Concannon and Jerry Sam in Accra and Caroline Chebet in Nairobi

"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...

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Vol 66 No 22 |

Brussels backs down on forest laws again

29th October 2025

The EU’s anti-deforestation laws show how badly drafted climate policy can alienate everyone – farmers, traders and consumers

Chaos surrounds the European Union’s anti-deforestation regulation. Following a series of U-turns and carve outs, the law will not affect African farmers until June 2026, 18 months later...

Vol 64 No 3 |

CLIMATE CHANGE
AFRICA IN 2023

Finance and energy access come first

23rd January 2023

The IMF, World Bank and G20 face growing pressure to raise funds for climate goals ahead of the UN COP28 summit in Dubai

Arguments over emissions cuts, climate finance and developing economies' access to energy are set to dominate the UN COP28 Climate summit in Dubai in November. Despite sharpening geopolitical...

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