News, comment and features on natural resources in the developing world, including oil, gas, coal, wood, solar, minerals, metals and other commodities including gold, diamonds and cobalt
July 2024
Opinion
‘Smarter money’ is the key that will unlock the promise of Africa and the Caribbean
Kenneth Mohammed
Regions’ vast potential is being blocked by the need for better investments, key partnerships and reforms to global finance
April 2024
The ‘man who repairs women’ on rape as a weapon and how the world forgot the DRC
For the Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, who has treated more than 80,000 survivors of sexual violence by armed groups, the west displays double standards over the ‘stain on our humanity’
July 2023
Mining companies are eager to dig up the ocean. That’s a dangerous idea
Wendy Schmidt and Kristina Gjerde
We already know the damage that mining can cause on land. It could be devastating to the deep sea
May 2023
Stop dumping your cast-offs on us, Ghanaian clothes traders tell EU
With 100 tonnes of clothing from the west discarded every day in Accra, ‘fast fashion’ brands must be forced to help pay for the choking textile waste they create, environmentalists say
November 2022
Kenyan government halts baobab exports to Georgia after outcry
President orders Ministry of Environment and Forestry to launch investigation over contractor’s licence for removing trees
October 2022
Campaigners allege ‘biopiracy’ over export of Kenyan baobabs
Foreign contractors say they are saving the trees, which can live for thousands of years, but one farmer who sold his tree says he feels exploited
June 2022
Corruption blights the developing world but the US and Europe are accomplices
Kenneth Mohammed
State capture is growing on every continent but only because the west helps to launder and hide money stolen by kleptocrats
April 2022
The age of extinction
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss
January 2022
Opinion
By 2050, a quarter of the world’s people will be African – this will shape our future
Edward Paice
Africa’s unprecedented population growth will impact geopolitics, global trade, migration and almost every aspect of life. It’s time for a reimagining of the continent
December 2021
Opinion
Barbados can be a beacon for the region – if it avoids some of its neighbours’ mistakes
Kenneth Mohammed
The Caribbean’s newest republic must avoid the corruption that has hampered Trinidad and Tobago and use its presidency to ensure good governance
November 2021
Blowing the house down: life on the frontline of extreme weather in the Gambia
A storm took the roof off Binta Bah’s house before torrential rain destroyed her family’s belongings, as poverty combines with the climate crisis to wreak havoc on Africa’s smallest mainland country
July 2021
The UK has been linked to Congo’s ‘conflict minerals’ – where are the criminal charges?
Vava Tampa
Trillions of dollars spent on Covid recovery in ways that harm environment
December 2020
Land subsidence 'will affect almost fifth of global population'
Unesco warns of urban centres sinking because of unsustainable farming and groundwater extraction
At least 102 killed in massacre in western Ethiopia after Abiy visit
Witnesses report knife and gun attacks and children shot by armed men after PM warning over continuing ethnic conflicts
'We are lost without you': White Island volcano victims remembered, one year on
The family of lawyer Gavin Dallow and Zoe Hosking gather to pay tribute as anniversary of Whakaari tragedy ends a painful year of mourning
October 2020
Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds
Trillions of dollars of GDP depend on biodiversity, according to Swiss Re report
July 2020
All the people: what happens if humanity's ranks start to shrink?
A study in the Lancet suggests the world’s population will peak in 2064. If so, the consequences will be profound
The Guardian view on population growth: a small planet needs big solutions
Editorial: New research suggests that the global peak may be lower than expected. But the challenges will still be immense
World population in 2100 could be 2 billion below UN forecasts, study suggests
Changes in population structure due to improving equality and ageing societies will pose policy dilemmas
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