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Climate change and the threat of urbanisation

Climate change and the threat of urbanisation

Book review The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa, 2019.  Edited by Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Michael Addaney The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa provides a wide-ranging...

A heavy price to pay

A heavy price to pay

Being forced to use generators to supplement erratic power supplies is a heavy burden for African business Menye Ndzana, a welder-cum-musician popularly known as Le Grand Barack, suddenly rose to national prominence in...

The high cost of slaving over a hot stove

The high cost of slaving over a hot stove

Africa’s rural poor are reliant on biomass for cooking and heating, exposing them to high levels of pollutants As COVID-19 wreaks havoc across continents, an unfashionable killer silently and stealthily chokes the life...

Ethiopia: new workshop of the world?

Ethiopia: new workshop of the world?

A giant Chinese shoe manufacturer is lacing up for the long run. Will others follow in its footsteps?   Treading a new path By Elissa Jobson At 6.45am the first bus halts outside the main gates of the Eastern...