Five years ago, economists prophesied a prosperous future for Nigeria, and the rest of the continent. Yet today, the country is facing what one leading Nigerian academic recently told me is its “biggest crisis since independence”. The devaluation of the Nigerian naira by 230% over the past year, along with a huge rise in inflation, has sparked an economic crisis unequalled in its modern history. With meat, eggs and milk now a luxury, there have been reports of people in the north of the country being forced to eat poor-grade rice usually used as fish food.
Climate Crisis
Green Finance Observatory: Carbon Markets will not make our Planet Great Again
It is well documented that carbon markets have failed spectacularly in achieving their environmental objectives and that many carbon offset projects have a devastating social impact. In spite of this evidence,carbon markets remain the main […]
National Politics
The Organization for World Peace: Presidential Election Presents Divergent Paths for Chile’s Future
This is a closely contested race and the consequences are massive for the future of Chile Read here “La Marcha Más Grande de Chile” took place during the 2019 protest movement in Chile. | Photo: […]
Geopolitics
Daniel Finn – How Devaluing Palestinian Lives Became a Western Obsession
‘Openly racist attitudes to the Palestinian people are pervasive in the Euro-American political mainstream, from the liberal center to the far right. This form of bigotry is a gateway through which old-fashioned colonial racism can […]
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