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A man wears a traditional Kankurang mask along the beach in the popular tourist area of Senegambia in Banjul on December 6, 2021. (Photo: John Wessels/AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

The Continent: Africa A-Z of 2021

The highlights of 2021 in Africa

  • Samira Sawlani
  • The Continent
9 min read
Speak up: Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
AFRICANS OF THE YEAR

The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Vanessa Nakate

The activist who forced her way onto front pages: Initially cropped out and sidelined, Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has now become an essential voice for Africa on the…

  • Sipho Kings
  • The Continent
3 min read
A BIGGER PICTURE

50 Notable African Books of 2021: Selected by Brittle Paper

The online publication’s annual list celebrates not only the sheer abundance of African literature but its daring, new directions

  • Brittle Paper
6 min read
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AMAZON RAINFOREST

To tackle climate change properly, the world will need Africa’s help

Next year, COP27 will be hosted in an African country, but by then it may be too late for the continent to get the assistance it needs

  • Hasnaine Yavarhoussen
4 min read
Without action “there will be no tomorrow”, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS DESMOND TUTU

Environmental destruction is the human rights challenge of our time: Archbishop Tutu

World leaders must choose between life or death for humanity, say climate justice activists at 10th Desmond Tutu international peace lecture

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Outdoor air quality funding to sub-Saharan Africa collapsed by 91% in just one year, falling from $129 million in 2022 to a mere $11.8 million in 2023. Photo: File
AYAKHA MELITHAFA

We cannot afford incremental action on climate change

The government has promised that we will get to net zero emissions by 2050, but is still taking actions that will make the climate crisis worse

  • Alex Lenferna
6 min read