The cost of clean energy just keeps falling as the price of coal ramps up. Politicians promising affordability will follow those savings no matter who is in the White House. And in the meantime, there...

Seven months into the US conflict with Iran, with no clear end in sight, the global oil market has now largely exhausted the safety measures that exist to keep a lid on petroleum prices.

Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.

Can new discoveries and investment keep production above 1m barrels per day, and can Angola finally turn more of its hydrocarbons into domestic economic value? Economist Francisco Paulo and consultant...

As Africa confronts persistent energy gaps and mounting development challenges, China’s growing role in the continent’s electricity sector has far-reaching economic and geopolitical implications.…

Author of Power plants James Palmer on biofuel, vegetal labour, the adaptability of nonhuman and how we can enjoy reaching net zero.

Recent cases suggest that Mozambique is becoming more deeply embedded in the regional drugs economy

"Isn’t artificial intelligence better than none at all?”

By Andy Home The scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt ambitions is becoming ever clearer. The world's largest producer of the strategic metal, which is used in everything from mobile…

In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.

Global Transformative Education Network research to practice webinar with Dr Maria Vamvalis.

By Olympia DE MAISMONT Rearing up beside a busy highway in Lagos, the imposing pink structure is hard to miss -- welcome to China Town, bringing a bit of Beijing to Nigeria's sprawling commercial and…

If you've never heard of a RESP, you're not alone. But if you care about how Britain decarbonises heat, you should...

India will host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi this week under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,” with Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to…

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

Westward push brings insurgents to the reserve's buffer zone, raising fears of an incursion into Niassa province

Help shape the future of International Development Planning Review (IDPR), an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the critical study of development related practices, planning and policy in the …

The escalating trade war with Canada will hit hard in the Midwest—right where some of the most important contests in the midterms will be decided.

In recent years, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a surge in large-scale urban infrastructure and housing projects driven by speculative capitalism. Often financed through public–private partnershi...

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

Africa’s new AI factories promise digital sovereignty. Their electricity deals may instead create private power islands inside public systems.

A wave of raids and arrests is raising the pressure on independent bookstores that have become important spaces for connection and exchange.

Seventy years ago this week, the US and the UK overthrew the Iranian leader Mohammad Mossadegh, who had fought back against British imperialism by nationalizing the oil company now known as BP. The UK has yet to acknowledge its role in this travesty.

Russians are withdrawing billions, causing liquidity problems for banks and undermining the Kremlin’s ability to issue bonds to finance the fight in Ukraine.