AfricaFocus Bulletin
July 20, 2022 Africa/Global: Oligarchs of All Nations
"Biden Concedes Defeat on Climate Bill as Manchin and Inflation Upend Agenda" - New York Times, July 16, 2022
June 9, 2022 Africa/Global: Ukraine, Africa, and Our Planet
“An end to this terrible war based on dialogue must be the international community’s highest priority. Support to the
people of Ukraine must be matched by efforts to advance Russian/Ukrainian negotiations, European security dialogue,
and wider risk-reduction measures to prevent nuclear escalation.” - The Elders, May 25, 2022
May 11, 2022 Africa/Global: Debt, IFFs, and Inequality in Africa
“43 African governments are facing expenditure cuts totalling $183 billion
(equivalent to 5.4 percent of GDP) over the next five years, reveals new
analysis from Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) today. If
these cuts are implemented, their chances of achieving the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals will likely disappear.” - Oxfam International and
Development Finance International
April 21, 2022 Africa/Global: Climate Put on Back Burner by War
While media attention focuses on the cost in human lives on the ground in Europe, the direct and indirect effects are also leading to many more lives lost around the world, not least in vulnerable countries on the African continent, according to a report issued on April 13 by the United Nations. The direct effects alone are projected to devastate the world economy (https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-impact-war-ukraine-food-energy-and-finance-systems).
March 25, 2022 Africa/Global: Updates from AfricaFocus
This is the first AfricaFocus Bulletin since January. Towards the end of that
month, major issues with my home office computer systems crippled the
interface which I normally use to publish the Bulletin, and catching up on a
variety of medical issues also limited what I could do. Nothing life
threatening, but lots of doctor appointments.
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January 19, 2022 USA/Africa: Bronx Fire Devastates Gambian Community
December 23, 2021 USA/Africa: Pandora Papers Keep Giving
November 23, 2021 Africa/Global: From Climate Denial to Deceit and Delay
November 2, 2021 Africa/Global: The Heat is On! Time to Act!
October 15 , 2021 Africa/Global: Hardly a Dent in #VaccineApartheid
August 26, 2021 Mozambique/Global: “Most Egregious Corruption Case of the 21st Century”
July 27, 2021 USA/Global: Let Cuba Live!
July 27, 2021 USA/Africa: Building Back Better? Or Not?
June 14, 2021 USA/Global: Bad Days for Big Oil (except in the GOP)
May 31, 2021 Mozambique/Global: Fossil Fuels, Debt, and Corruption
May 31, 2021 Mozambique/Global: War, Intervention, and Solidarity
May 17, 2021 Africa/Global: Decolonizing Medical Technology
May 3, 2021 Africa/Global: African-Language Literature in Global Scholarship
April 19, 2021 Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
April 6, 2021 Africa/Global: People's Vaccine vs. Vaccine Apartheid
March 22, 2021 Sahel: Questioning Counterterrorism?
March 8, 2021 USA/Global: Taxing the Tech Giants
February 22, 2021 Africa/Global: The Inequality Virus
February 8, 2021 Ethiopia: No End to War in Devastated Tigray
January 26, 2021 Africa/Global: Distant Horizon for Vaccine Equity
December 14, 2020 Africa/Global: State of Tax Justice 2020
November 30, 2020 USA/Africa: Build Back Better on Africa Policy
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