OPINION: Facing multiple food and health crises, Africa must lead boldly
Africa’s leaders to rally together for urgent, practical responses to protect the most vulnerable from a tsunami of shocks undermining the livelihoods of millions
OPINION: To win climate action in Africa, add trust and stir
A fair transition cannot be achieved by celebrating green development while sacrificing justice
OPINION: Will Elon Musk remove my Twitter shadow ban?
Musk’s promise of lifting censorship has a certain appeal, provided that it’s actually implemented, and that it comes with some basic guarantees of human rights.
OPINION: Are cryptocurrencies the new digital ‘blood diamonds’ of Africa?
Across the world’s troubled spots, resource wars and economic crises are being fuelled by a new kind of high-tech “blood diamond” - cryptocurrency.
OPINION: What critics get wrong about regulating Big Tech
The Digital Markets Act is ambitious in its aims, with objectives that take into account the interests of not a single stakeholder group, but the interests of many - at the forefront of which are users.
OPINION: Strong internet legislation bonds societies
Putting an end to surveillance advertising and online platforms’ manipulative practices that peddle hate and disinformation, and holding online platforms to account make the Digital Services Act a unique constitution for the digital world.
Why millions of Africans are right to resist mobile SIM card registration
Mobile SIM registration linked to digital ID is causing exclusion of marginalised groups, and concerns about privacy in the absence of sufficient legal safeguards, especially in nations with a history of abuse by authorities
OPINION: We need a new social contract that nurtures people, planet and peace
Faced with the horrors of conflict and the global pandemic, peace, social justice and climate-friendly jobs are at the heart of demands for International Workers' Day
OPINION: How drought is shifting gender dynamics in northeast Syria
Gender imbalances in northeast Syria are long-standing and only getting worse due to the drought - but women are bearing the brunt both at work and at home
OPINION: Climate action should not be a casualty of war in Ukraine
Climate finance is competing with much-needed relief for Ukrainian refugees. This short-sighted approach could trigger a hunger and climate catastrophe