Solome Lemme, “Against the Gospel of ‘Africa Rising.’” On the continent, despite improvements in national economies, technology, and certain human … More
Category: Environmentalism
Indigenous Peoples and Resource Exploitation: A Case Study in Equatorial Guinea
Cross-linked with Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s site Indigenous peoples and resource exploitation. Who wins, who loses, how is … More
Youth Unemployment in Africa and its Political Implications
Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges’ site Africa is a young continent, with 65 percent of the continent’s population is … More
Forcible Resettlement and Land Grabs in Ethiopia
Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization’s Blog Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest aid recipient, and one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations. Simultaneously, … More
Land Grabs and Deforestation in South Sudan
[Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges’ blog] According to a report issued by the Oakland Institute, hedge fund land grabs … More
The Great Land Rush: Land Grabs & Food Security
Crosslinked at Bertelsmann Stiftung – Future Challenges Organization The Great Land Rush and Food Security What is land? Many of … More
Hunger, Unemployment, & Socio-Economic Inequality in the “Greatest Nation on Earth”
‘Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed … More
Namibia’s Anti-BioPiracy Bill
[Cross-linked with Future Challenges Organization – Bertelsmann Stiftung] Research suggests that trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, when specifically applied to … More
Africa’s Corn Monocultures and the Global Commodities Market
[Crossposted at Future Challenges Organization] How does the increased diversion of corn for biofuel production affect … More
Water Scarcity and Conflict at the Ethiopia-Kenya Border
[Cross-posted at Future Challenges Organization’s blog] Macrotrends: [Natural Resources & BioDiversity + Climate Change + Migration] Water shortages at the Kenyan-Ethiopian … More
Article: Drought, Reforestation and Ethiopia’s Land-Tenure Problem
[Cross-posted at Future Challenges Organization’s blog] [Macrotrends: Climate Change + Natural Resources & BioDiversity] Ethiopia is set to reforest 15 … More
On Aid: Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Let’s take the story of a giant, engorged on wealth and privilege. This giant trods upon the earth with greater … More
Article: The Regional Economic Impact of Côte D’Ivoire’s Conflict
[Crosslinked at Future Challenges Organization‘s blog] Seasonal migrant laborers from Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali face a prospect of unemployment … More
Article: Agricultural Expansion and Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
[Cross-linked at Future Challenges Organization) Macrotrends: Climate Change + Natural Resources & Biodiversity + Globalization According to the World Bank, global agricultural … More
Article: The Global Food Crisis & Land Grabs in Africa
[Crosslinked at Future Challenges Organization: Article: The Global Food Crisis and Land Grabs in Africa ] Land grabs on the continent … More
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