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Nigeria's farmer-herder crisis is fueled by climate change & ethnic tension, but a new enemy is worse: misinformation. Political actors are weaponising social media to ignite violence. Read more here: africainfact.com/how-disinforma… Adejumo Kabir A.
The African Union's Somalia mission faces a massive $96m deficit & deep internal political schisms. Firehiwot Sintayehu lays bare the urgent financial & geopolitical impediments, questioning the future of peace support ops without UNSC 2719 backing: africainfact.com/the-african-un…
Daily, we hear of "green energy." and "AI" and "Progress" in the same sentence(s) and in my latest article in Africa in Fact I question that and argue that Zimbabwe’s lithium rush shows how digital colonialism wears a green mask. Read it here: africainfact.com/zimbabwes-new-…
The "Green" Paradox: Clean energy needs minerals (cobalt, lithium), but is Africa repeating the old extractive story? Dr Ross Harvey tackles this question in his article featured in the latest AIF issue. Read: africainfact.com/digging-for-ju… Watch: youtu.be/PU_17_2zLmU?si… Ross Harvey
Good Governance Africa’s flagship journal, Africa in Fact , has secured the highest honour in its category—Silver—at the 2025 PRISM Awards for its groundbreaking special edition: ‘The Case for an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACCourt).’ This recognition is more than a
Nigeria loses $9bn yearly to illegal mining, but the real cost is deeper: poisoned rivers, destroyed farmlands, and displaced farmers. Read Africa in Fact full report by Adejumo Kabir A. africainfact.com/illegal-mining… #IllegalMining #GoodGovernance #Accountability #Nigeria
Meet Bosco: Orphaned by war, he started mining at 12. Now 38, he has a failing lung from a life of digging the most valuable materials. Issa Sikiti da Silva (Issa da Silva SIKITI) looks at the devastating human cost of the DRC's mineral wealth, stolen by rebels: africainfact.com/persecuted-and…