Africa

Black soot still plagues the residents of the Niger Delta

Years after the crisis began, the damaging health and environmental impacts of oil bunkering persist in the city of Port Harcourt. Why isn't the government fixing the problem?

What science tells us about the fire risk facing Cape Town

Will Ethiopia’s controversial new dam repeat the “world’s worst environmental disaster”?

Street hustlers helped build Addis Ababa. Now they’re being pushed out

Women are at the heart of African cities. The continent needs urban policies that empower them

Eritrea’s Modernist architecture: a striking reminder of years of oppression

Why don’t urbanisation and economic growth correspond in Africa?

Massive solar and wind farms could bring vegetation back to the Sahara – and have other unforeseen consequences

Africa’s Great Green Wall: 8,000km of trees that could save millions of lives

Why are so many people being evicted from the slums of Nairobi?

Podcast: A huge, developing problem

What can other cities learn about water shortages from Cape Town’s narrow escape from ‘Day Zero’?