IN FOCUS

‘For us, climate change is not an abstract concept of future concern but an urgent reality of the present’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Senegal: democracy in the balance?

Protests repressed and media restricted ahead of presidential election

‘Threats don’t solve problems; the international response must emphasise dialogue and negotiation’

Kenya: cost of living protests met with police repression

Any solution to systemic violence must start with challenging impunity

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Democracy has allowed room for organised crime and narco-politics to grow’

‘The situation is becoming more tense as we approach the 2024 elections’

UK backtracks on climate commitments

Fresh wave of extraction unleashed with climate activists criminalised

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘True freedom cannot be granted by external forces; it needs to be claimed by people’

‘Having a climate summit in an oil-and-gas country can jeopardise the outcomes’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Central African Republic: president in for the long haul

Dubious referendum abolishes presidential term limits