Engineering Seeds and Digging Into Global Markets
What are the implications for African farmers? By: Nidhi Tandon African farmers are facing serious challenges because of increased engineering…
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BRICS in Africa: “You are either at the table or on the menu”
At a Johannesburg BRICS think tank, scholars get drunk on their own rhetoric By: Patrick Bond South African academics and…
Kabila Names Leading Figure In Upcoming DRC Election
Credit: Digital Congo Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Joseph Kabila, whom critics accuse of seeking an illegal third term…
Once Known as Africa’s Defender in Biodiversity, Ethiopia Approves Environmental Release of BT Cotton and Grant’s Special Permit for GM Maize
The Government of Ethiopia is the latest African country to authorize cultivation of biotech crops by granting two landmark approvals for environmental…
How Sao Tome and Principe Is Fighting Malaria
Hamilton Nascimento remembers missing months of school as a child when he repeatedly got sick with malaria. It used to…
“White Savior” Has No Place In Africa
By: Umberto Bacchi A British charity’s decision to move away from celebrity-fronted fundraising appeals for Africa has been praised as…