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The Impossible Heat Wave Era is Upon Us
The Impossible Heat Wave Era is Upon Us Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto/Shutterstock At the end of March and into the early days of April, the Sahel region of Africa experienced an unprecedented heat wave. Extreme temperatures descended upon Guinea, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad. One city in Mali recorded a temperature of 48.5 […]
Africa’s Disappearing Glaciers Signal ‘Irreversible’ Threat to Earth System: Report
Africa’s Disappearing Glaciers Signal ‘Irreversible’ Threat to Earth System: Report The authors of a U.N. report urge greater investment in climate adaptation and weather services on the continent. A new United Nations-backed report reveals the extent of Africa’s “disproportionate vulnerability” to the climate emergency, with the continent’s three glaciers expected to disappear entirely in the […]
From the Notebook: Killing All the Birds With One Pile of Gold
From the Notebook: Killing All the Birds With One Pile of Gold French President Emmanuel Macron, whose poll numbers are abysmal and needs a sincere shot in the arm, just gave away the plot with his outside voice. I’ve noticed this trend within The Davos Crowd in recent months, speaking with their outside voice what they only […]
Early humans used fire to permanently change the landscape tens of thousands of years ago in Stone Age Africa
Early humans used fire to permanently change the landscape tens of thousands of years ago in Stone Age Africa Fields of rust-colored soil, spindly cassava, small farms and villages dot the landscape. Dust and smoke blur the mountains visible beyond massive Lake Malawi. Here in tropical Africa, you can’t escape the signs of human presence. […]
Peak oil in Africa part1: OPEC quotas Jan 2021
Peak oil in Africa part1: OPEC quotas Jan 2021 We examine whether OPEC’s quotas for its African members are actually on the production decline path of these countries. OPEC’s quota levels can be found here: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/Voluntary%20Production%20Levels.pdf At present 7 oil producing countries in Africa are members of OPEC: Algeria, Nigeria, Libya, Angola (2007), Gabon (2016), […]
Our Distance from Dirt
Our Distance from Dirt Many of us on the African continent clutch our unethically sourced pearls and briefly confront the ugly truths about our consumption, writes Takondwa Semphere. But then we forget. 2012: Children gold mining in the eastern DRC. (Sasha Lezhnev/Enough Project, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) It seems that every other month, a different […]
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil The pandemic has been devastating for the oil industry globally. Explorers suspended drilling, producers, idled wells, Big Oil majors put up assets for sale. But the world continues to need oil, albeit lower amounts of it than a year ago, and it will continue to need it. […]
A ‘Biblical’ Plague Of Locusts Has Put Millions On The Brink Of Famine: “We Have Never, Ever Seen What We Have In The Last Six Months”
A ‘Biblical’ Plague Of Locusts Has Put Millions On The Brink Of Famine: “We Have Never, Ever Seen What We Have In The Last Six Months” Billions upon billions of voracious desert locusts are ravenously devouring crops over a vast portion of the globe that stretches from eastern Africa all the way to India. This […]
“All The Jobs Are Gone” – Africa Facing ‘Complete Economic Collapse’ As Virus Spreads
“All The Jobs Are Gone” – Africa Facing ‘Complete Economic Collapse’ As Virus Spreads The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns across the African continent could trigger an economic collapse, according to one United Nations (UN) official, who spoke with Associated Press (AP). Ahunna Eziakonwa, the UN Development Program regional director for Africa, warned that the pandemic would likely result in […]
A Plague Of “Billions” Of Locusts Threatens To Create A Horrific End Times Famine All Over Africa
A Plague Of “Billions” Of Locusts Threatens To Create A Horrific End Times Famine All Over Africa Billions of locusts are eating everything in sight in east Africa right now, and every single day many more farms are being completely wiped out. Unfortunately, authorities are telling us that what we have seen so far is […]
Putin, the African Queen
Putin, the African Queen Luke Harding is a former journalist for the Guardian. I say former because while he is still writing for the paper, he lost his one remaining shred of credibility last November with an article about Paul Manafort visiting Julian Assange multiple times in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, which soon was discredited […]
Africa’s Sovereignty Over Food
Africa’s Sovereignty Over Food Local food and seed systems must be rebuilt for Africans. Africa is facing dire times. Climate change is having major impacts on the region and on agriculture in particular, with smallholder farmers —many of them women — facing drought, general lack of water, shifting seasons, and floods in some areas. Smallholder […]
In Africa, A New Tactic to Suppress Online Speech: Taxing Social Media
In Africa, A New Tactic to Suppress Online Speech: Taxing Social Media Think things are bad in the US and Europe when it comes to social media speech suppression? Check out, Africa. Will this be our future? Aware of the threat that social media poses to their power, repressive regimes in Africa have employed various […]
CDC Director: Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable
CDC Director: Congo’s Ebola Outbreak May Not Be Containable Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that people need to be prepared for the worst. Redfield said the Democratic Republic of Congo’s newest Ebola outbreak may not be containable. Tom Inglesby, the director of the Johns Hopkins Center for […]
What Preppers Can Learn from Cape Town, Where Residents Live on 13 Gallons of Water Per Person Per Day
What Preppers Can Learn from Cape Town, Where Residents Live on 13 Gallons of Water Per Person Per Day Living in Cape Town South Africa, after we have gained experience with rolling blackouts, our city (and surrounds) ran out of water … a first-world major metropolis ran out of water. This is my summation of […]
