African Oil in the City: a New Kind of Colonialism Until the government takes stronger action to regulate the UK’s financial institutions, it is enabling an incredibly polluting form of economic neocolonialism, argue Chloe Farand and Mat Hope.
We Paid Attention to Catalonia’s Independence Bid. Why Are We Ignoring the Crisis in Cameroon? Catalonia’s bid to break away from the Spanish government made headlines around the world last October, but little attention has been paid to similar political upheavals across Africa, including an escalating situation in Cameroon which could constitute the country's greatest political crisis in decades.
Zimbabwe in Crisis: Who Will Replace Robert Mugabe? Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a precipice — and potentially a military coup. The country, long dogged by political turmoil and economic instability, is facing more uncertainty than ever before as infighting within its ruling party intensifies.
Falling Between the Gaps: Two-Tiered Humanitarian Aid System Leaves Non-Refugees Desperate The response to the drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region is under severe strain due to the vagaries of domestic and international humanitarian aid processes that favour refugee drama over the nuances of internally displaced persons.