Category Archives: Africa

Only Multilateral Cooperation Can Stop Harmful Tax Competition

International tax reform, to check multinational tax avoidance, has made perilously little progress. Will Yellen’s backing make a difference?

Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint

India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.

Indian Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Use of Wartime Export Controls Threatens World Vaccine Production

Will the U.S. relax export controls that threaten global vaccine production? What’s the next step for U.S. vacccine diplomacy?

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.

How the NATO Alliance Is Fighting Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine With Subsidies From State Budgets and the Gates Foundation, Hidden by bhe Financial Times

The Financial Times runs dodgy numbers to claim that Russia is vaccine price gouging to poor countries, when that’s Big Pharma’s gig.

Someone Should Ask Biden Cabinet Candidate Ursula Burns If She Supports Child Labor in Africa

Ursula Burns, a candidate for Commerce Secretary, is a director of Nestlé, which defended its use of child labor before the Supreme Court.

Peat: Superhero of the Biosphere, in Need of Global Protection (and Yours)

Drained peatlands and peat fires emit around 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, land-use change and forestry, yet there seems to be little effort to prevent this.

What Did You Miss While You Were Following the US Elections?

Since the US elections weren’t the only recent event of importance, an international news smorgasbord.

Plastic Watch: Plastic Pushers Seek to Use Trade Negotiations to Rescind Plastic Bans

Plastic pushers attempt to strongarm Kenya and the UK into using more plastic under the guise of free trade as world oil prices collapse.

What Developing Countries Can Teach Rich Countries About How to Respond to a Pandemic

Developing countries on various continents have had greater success in managing the pandemic. Why are rich countries not following their examples?

COVID-19: Examining Theories for Africa’s Low Death Rates

Countries throughout Africa, like India, are recording lower rates of COVID-19 deaths. The authors examine reasons for this phenomenon.

Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years

Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.

China Faces Food Shortage?

COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?

Columbia Journalism Review Publishes Detailed Expose on Gates Foundation Buys Influence With Journalists

Why you should not trust the Gates Foundation.

Mauritius Oil Spill Tragedy

Some photos and commentary from Mauritius, whose oil spill is a major ecological disaser.