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New Integrity Principles Seek to Unlock Green Finance in Africa’s Carbon Market

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New Integrity Principles Seek to Unlock Green Finance in Africa’s Carbon Market

As global momentum behind carbon markets intensifies, the African continent is positioning itself to play a leading role — under a newly announced framework designed to ensure credibility, equity, and sustainable benefit for communities and economies.   Continent-wide push for high‑integrity carbon markets On July 31, 2025, the African Union Development Agency – NEPAD (AUDA‑NEPAD) unveiled a set of landmark “Integrity & Equity Principles for Carbon Markets” during a high-level dialogue in Nairobi. The initiative…

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Navigating Democracy Amid Regional Power Shifts and Oversight

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Navigating Democracy Amid Regional Power Shifts and Oversight

In a moment when democratic institutions across Africa face mounting pressures from political instability, security crises and executive overreach, recent moves to strengthen parliamentary oversight offer a means to renew confidence, safeguard accountability and recalibrate the balance of power.   Renewed Oversight in Practice: South Africa Leads by Example On 3 December 2025, the National Assembly of South Africa adopted amended parliamentary rules to establish a dedicated Committee on the Presidency — a formal body…

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How Environmental Changes Are Fueling Conflict Across Africa

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How Environmental Changes Are Fueling Conflict Across Africa

Across the African continent, the effects of climate change are intensifying security challenges, heightening humanitarian pressures, and accelerating displacement on a scale that regional institutions now describe as alarming. Recent assessments by the African Development Bank, United Nations agencies, and environmental research groups indicate that droughts, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and flooding are driving communities into direct competition over land, water, and grazing routes, while amplifying long standing social and economic grievances. In the Sahel,…

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Nigeria Eyes Renewed Investment as Economy Shows Robust Growth

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Nigeria Eyes Renewed Investment as Economy Shows Robust Growth

Nigeria’s recent recalibration of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data has provided fresh momentum for investors and policymakers, as the updated numbers reveal a stronger, more diversified economy — and renewed opportunity for growth across sectors. According to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the base year for GDP calculation was shifted from 2010 to 2019, reflecting structural changes and the growth of emerging sectors. The recalibration increased the 2024 GDP estimate…

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Coup Attempt in Benin Republic — A Test for Regional Security Architecture

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Coup Attempt in Benin Republic — A Test for Regional Security Architecture

COTONOU / LAGOS, December 8, 2025 — A coup attempt in the Republic of Benin was decisively thwarted on Sunday after prompt intervention by loyalist forces, supported by air and ground intervention from neighbouring Nigeria, underlining renewed urgency in West Africa’s regional security collaboration.   Mutiny, Seizure of State Television, and Swift Response In the early hours of December 7, a faction of soldiers identifying themselves as the Military Committee for Refoundation (CMR) appeared on…

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