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Category Archives: Opinions
Can Ethiopia avert deepening turmoil and prioritise peace?
To achieve peace, both sides in Ethiopia's conflict will need to accept some difficult truths.
The ‘net zero’ myth
Setting 'net-zero' goals will not help us rein in global warming.
What role can nuclear energy play in Africa’s climate transition?
African states should not be denied the opportunity to use nuclear energy, but it should be a solution of last resort.
Green Hydrogen: The new scramble for North Africa
European plans for hydrogen energy projects in North Africa smack of green colonialism.
China’s FOBS test was not a ‘Sputnik moment’
However, the current trends still indicate a dangerous trajectory towards a new arms race between the US and China.
Why I left Hong Kong
The national security law and its chilling effect on our civil liberties compelled me to leave my home.
China’s rise and America’s decline spell conflict
Monday's summit between Xi and Biden addressed everything from trade to security and human rights, but resolved nothing.
Who is benefitting from the Poland-Belarus border crisis?
The escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe is a convenient smokescreen for domestic troubles.
It is time for global action against cervical cancer
COVID-19 is the wake-up call for health equity: Let’s use it to help women rise from the nightmare of cervical cancer.
Do Scottish nationalists really want another referendum now?
Momentum is currently with the unionists and the SNP and Green Party know this.
For Taiwanese, the threat of a Chinese invasion is part of life
After decades of living with the threat of war, we cope by being both highly tense and unexpectedly relaxed.
The little boat that could
How a Canadian pro-Palestine group won a rare victory against Israel.
Why isn’t British ‘sleaze’ called what it really is?
British politicians do what African politicians do. Yet they insist on calling it something else.
Havana Syndrome: an act of war or just an act?
Are US diplomats and CIA emissaries really subjected to mysterious 'neurological attacks' around the world?
De Klerk was merely a footnote in South African history
The late South African politician tried and failed to leave a meaningful mark along South Africa's democratic path.
Zimbabwe is set on tackling climate change
But to have a chance at making a difference, it needs sanctions imposed by the West to be lifted.
US and Turkey: It is not over yet
US-Turkish relations are tense but it is too early to talk of decoupling.
The Global South does not need debt. We need climate justice
Dear world leaders, we do not need words or debt, but reparations.
The COP26 deal will not be enough to end SA’s coal addiction
The amount offered by rich nations is nowhere near sufficient to ease South Africa’s concerns about decarbonisation.