Africa

Pascal Lamy on the climate crisis: “We have to go way back to find a global picture as depressing as today”

Cop27 in Egypt must focus on bespoke solutions for the host continent, says the former WTO head.

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Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is visiting the continent to counter accusations that Russia is weaponising hunger.

By Ido Vock

Africa should be wary of Europe’s sudden rush to diversify its oil and gas suppliers.

Once you dehumanise a group of people, it is a short step to the suggestion that they should probably not…

By Paul Mason

The West’s enabling of international oligarchy needs to stop now – and it extends far beyond London.

By Thorsten Benner and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

What impact will Africa’s young and fast-growing population have on the world?

By Philippa Nuttall

Uhuru Kenyatta has used his country’s relative stability to win favour overseas.

By Antoaneta Roussi

Vaccine inequality isn’t just a moral travesty for the West. It’s also bad science.

By Charlotte Kilpatrick