Africa’s COP28 glass is half full
That’s good news. The problem is – it’s the top half that’s filled. Pledges made in Dubai won’t be transformative unless underpinned by new actions
greenrising.com/p/africas-cop2…

We have turned Africa’s green agenda into a Bingo card for COP28 👉greenrising.com/p/we-have-turn…

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Good deal! TES Network has free slots for their ACS Electric Safari event... tomorrow. Apparently you can participate in a game drive through Nairobi National Park in an electric vehicle. Sign up here to get a seat: forms.gle/cbyKb7TJEcFHAh…

How Africa got its green mojo
The largest continent-focused climate gathering will dominate the centre of Nairobi all of next week. The outcome is not a foregone conclusion. greenrising.com/p/africa-got-g…

Cash is on the way out in Africa. This remote lodge on Mount Kenya no longer accepts it.

Even conspiracy laden films such as Syriana fail to match this drama ft.com/content/3ad733…

Even The Economist is now talking about the 'collapse of the neoliberal consensus', but only on the iPhone edition.

The danger of the rulings against travel ban: a US terror attack this year would be portrayed as vindicating Trump nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/…

'Qaddafi is laughing at all of us from his grave.' nyti.ms/1QPfHY9

The biggest threat to eastern Europe: not Russia or immigrants but a generation of leaders with very short memories gu.com/p/4h68v/stw

European leaders don't seem to learn: fences are no good bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Words have always had incredible weight in Russia; Lenin called himself a journalist. Little has changed. amazon.co.uk/The-Invention-…

The Europe that wants to build borders...not just Hungarians but also Catalans.
ft.com/cms/s/0/67243a…

This series of Putin pictures is crying out for speech bubbles. Who can guess at the bromance dialogue? bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

The left - long on intellectual crutches - is showing new signs of life. Early days still in France but watch out. ft.com/cms/s/0/61f4b3…

Guess where Ebola spread fastest? No access to piped water supply: Guinea 17%, Sierra Leone 75%, Liberia 89%. bit.ly/AfricanStatsDa…

Nigerian vigilantes win endorsement from the northern establishment. Sanusi is brave but how wise? Hello civil war.
bbc.com/news/world-afr…

Burkina's new leader is limited to one year; can't stand at election. Sensible but makes him weak vis-a-vis the army. bbc.com/news/world-afr…

The time-bomb underneath the ANC is starting to tick faster.
economist.com/news/middle-ea…

Never a better time to visit Africa, certainly not cheaper. Great deals for those not afraid of Ebola.
economist.com/news/middle-ea…