Insights
- How youth unemployment fuels Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado insurgencyCabo Delgado sits at the far north of Mozambique, bordering Tanzania and the Indian Ocean. It is a province of small towns, farming and fishing communities,…
- Why Senegal’s Oil And Gas Boom Risks Repeating The Resource CurseSenegal has entered a new phase in its economic history. Offshore oil production at the Sangomar field began in 2024, while the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas…
- Djibouti’s Chinese infrastructure boom and the debt questionDjibouti’s narrow coastline sits beside the Bab el-Mandeb strait, where commercial ships pass between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The location gives a…
- South Africa’s land reform is stalling where law meets politicsSouth Africa’s land reform process is stalling amid legal and political challenges because the government is trying to settle historical claims, change…
- Niger’s uranium exports between French legacy and new alliancesAt Arlit, a mining town in northern Niger, uranium shaped the streets, employment and political arguments that followed independence from France in 1960. The…
- The Hidden Health Cost of Gold Mining in Burkina FasoGold has become one of Burkina Faso’s most important sources of income, yet the value seen in export figures rarely captures the full cost of extracting it.…
- How Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis is destroying bilingual educationHow Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis is destroying the country’s bilingual education system is clearest in the gap between a classroom on paper and a child who can…
- Why Kenya’s tea farmers earn less despite global tea price surgesKenya’s tea farmers are caught between a welcome market signal and disappointing household accounts. Auction prices for Kenyan tea have climbed sharply, at…
- Liberia’s rubber plantations are beginning to recoverThe slow recovery of Liberia’s rubber plantations after decades of civil war is a story of trees, roads and household income. For much of the twentieth…
- Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam reshapes Sudan’s agricultureAt the edge of Sudan’s irrigated plains, farmers have long planned around the Blue Nile’s sharp seasonal rhythm. Floodwater spread across basins in the rains,…