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Nature’s bounty: Africa possesses extraordinary renewable energy
potential, with its abundant sunshine, wind, geothermal and
hydroelectric resources. Photo: Paul Botes

Venezuela, proof that fossil fuels are a security curse

Crisis in Caracas should provide impetus for Africa to lead the renewables revolution and shield itself from the chaos of fossil fuel geopolitics

Life president: NRM Presidential Candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, together with the First Lady Maama
Janet Museveni, arrive at Buziga Islamic School grounds, Makindye Division, to kick off election campaigns.
Photo: National Resistance Movement

Africa 2026: polls sans choice, jobs

In addition, some of the continent’s wars show little sign of resolution

More than 2,000 people – 55 from South Africa – have converged in Egypt in a show of international solidarity.

Global March to Gaza is a moral reckoning

More than 2,000 people – 55 from South Africa – have converged in Egypt in a show of international solidarity

Many African countries are anxious not to be sucked into a new Cold War and want to maintain cordial relations with both Russia and the West. (Illustration: Getty Images)

Russia looking to strengthen Africa presence

Many African countries are anxious not to be sucked into a new Cold War and want to maintain cordial relations with both Russia and the West

Camels walk on December 26, 2023 in Nafta, near Tozeur, in the Sahara desert in south-western Tunisia. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

The Sahara Desert used to be a green savannah – new research explains why

Greening events provided vegetated corridors which influenced species’ distribution and evolution, including the out-of-Africa migrations of ancient humans

People try to open a blocked water drain in the middle of flooded road due to the Storm Daniel, which affected the city of Derna in Libya, in Deir Al Balah, Gaza on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Libya’s disaster more than an act of God

The tragedy should wake us up to the terrible human costs of the continued march of Western imperialism

The floods were caused by torrential rains from Storm Daniel, which made landfall in Libya on Sunday after earlier lashing Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. (Photo by The Press Office of Libyan Prime Minister / AFP)

Libya floods: There will be many, many more Dernas

As the world fails to contain greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, climate catastrophes will increase, exacerbated by poor governance

The floods were caused by torrential rains from Storm Daniel, which made landfall in Libya on Sunday after earlier lashing Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. (Photo by The Press Office of Libyan Prime Minister / AFP)

At least 2300 dead in Libya floods, but far higher toll feared

As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred country that has been overwhelmed by what one UN official…

A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a rocket barrage toward the positions of troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi April 14, 2011 west of Ajdabiyah, Libya.  Rebels exchanged artillery and rocket fire with loyalist troops west of Ajdabiyah April 14 as the confict engulfing Libya continued.  (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Nato uses West’s military muscle to force its way into Africa

The AU lacked a security apparatus of its own and Nato and the West were only too happy to step into the breach

Libya – along with Algeria, Angola and Nigeria top a list of countries where you can travel the furthest in Africa, on $50 worth of fuel. So just what does $50 buy you and just how far can you go? (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How far can you drive on R800 worth of fuel? In Libya – to Cape Town. And back. Twice.

Libya – along with Algeria, Angola and Nigeria top a list of countries where you can travel the furthest in Africa

In the time of wars and refugees, let us now talk peace

When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?

A Ukrainian girl is seeng sleeping in the arms of a UNHCR team member, inside the MoldEXPO, area reconverted in shelter for refugees in Chisinau, Moldova on 2022-03-26
 (Matteo Placucci/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Three reasons the United Nations cannot intervene in Russia’s war on Ukraine

These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war

Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Brace yourselves for a new Cold War

Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers

Hotspots: Armoured vehicles from Operation Barkhane, led by the French military against Islamist groups in the Sahel region, are handed over to the Malian army in Timbuktu. (Photo: Florent Vergnes/AFP)

What’s in store for the African continent in 2022?

Conflict hotspots, most in the Sahel region, will continue to dominate the news this year, while a number of countries will hold key elections.

Armed groups deploy in Libya capital amid tensions over election

The political uncertainty has raised tensions on the ground across Libya, controlled by an array of armed groups in a decade of conflict following the 2011 revolt that overthrew…