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The ravages of agribusiness in Africa

Paul Martial — 2026-04-18T07:28:45Z

The results of the Green Revolution in Africa are negative for the agricultural world and for the environment. On the other hand, they have encouraged the establishment of multinationals on the continent.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Ecology and the Environment, Africa, Farmers/peasants/land

When Russia draws its cannon fodder from Africa

Paul Martial — 2026-03-03T14:44:35Z

Victims of propaganda, many young Africans in search of a better life go to Russia. Yet they find only the violence of war — and too often, death. To compensate for the lack of soldiers, the Russian authorities set up recruitment campaigns in Africa, first through Wagner mercenaries, before these networks diversified.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Africa

USA/Africa: privatisation of health aid

Paul Martial — 2026-02-12T11:34:10Z

Recent agreements between the United States and some fifteen African countries are radically reshaping health cooperation on the continent, even as Washington has just left the World Health Organisation (WHO).
These new partnerships are part of the so-called America First Global Health strategy, which makes aid conditional on US priorities. In December, Washington signed memoranda with some fifteen countries setting specific objectives for epidemic surveillance, laboratory strengthening (…)

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Africa, Zambia, Guinea-Bissau

Africa: The Club of Five and the Sociopath

Paul Martial — 2025-07-29T08:54:00Z

The return of the United States to the African scene is aimed at taking advantage of the continent's riches, a clearly stated objective of the Trump administration.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Africa, Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Mauritania

Overfishing is plundering waters in Africa

Paul Martial — 2025-06-28T06:44:17Z

“In Senegal, in just five years, the number of sardinella has fallen by 80%. This small, very inexpensive pelagic fish is at the heart of the popular diet and is used in the composition of the national dish: thieboudien.”

- IVP605 - June 2025 / Ecology and the Environment, Africa, Senegal

Marine Le Pen invited by the Chadian dictatorship

Paul Martial — 2025-04-12T05:36:18Z

France's far right Rassemblement national (RN) party has been trying to establish relations in Africa for several years now, and party leader Marine Le Pen's visit to Chad from 14-16 March 2025 is the latest avatar. The RN leader, accompanied by one of her close associates Louis Aliot, was received by Mahamat Déby, the Chadian president who has been in power for over three years thanks to a coup d'état ostensibly supported by Emmanuel Macron. Even if relative, the RN leader's interest in Africa, the source and cause of the much-hated “migratory submersion”, seems counter-intuitive to say the least.

- IVP603 - April 2025 / Africa, Chad

The state of Africa in the new world order

Will Shoki — 2025-04-10T08:39:23Z

Africa today stands at a crossroads, caught between internal crises, shifting global power dynamics, and the slow unraveling of the post-liberation political order. Across the continent, ruling parties that once commanded legitimacy as national liberators are losing their grip; yet the opposition remains fragmented, offering little in the way of alternative governance.

- IVP603 - April 2025 / United States (USA), Africa, China, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Mozambique, Botswana

Lethal Trumpery in Africa

Paul Martial — 2025-02-14T21:52:37Z

In a matter of seconds, the time it takes to sign, Trump and Musk put the lives of millions of people in danger, confirming the precariousness of aid from rich countries.

- IVP601- February 2025 / Africa

When China becomes supreme leader in Africa

Paul Martial — 2024-09-22T07:57:47Z

China aims to strengthen its economic and political influence on the African continent by promoting its methods of government.

- IV596-September 2024 / Africa, China

Laundering Carbon—The Gulf's ‘New Scramble for Africa'

Adam Hanieh — 2024-08-12T05:57:00Z

In early November 2023, shortly before the COP28 summit opened in Dubai, a hitherto obscure UAE firm attracted significant media attention around news of their prospective land deals in Africa

- IV595 - August 2024 / Ecology and the Environment, Africa