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Dec 31, 2024 | africanarguments.org | African Arguments |Songhai Advisory

Last updated: 7 January 2025How to use the mapThis elections map shows you all the upcoming votes. Move around and click to find out more. The colour tells you approximately when the election is:Red – This monthOrange – Next monthYellow – In two monthsGreen – Beyond thatThe icon tells you who is up for election:Upcoming Africa elections: A listHere are the upcoming elections in list form. Some dates are not yet decided and/or liable to change.

Jul 17, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Patrick Bond |Nana Adu Ampofo |Songhai Advisory |Elsie Eyakuze

There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africa’s natural resources. But these come at a cost to society and the environment. South Africa needs an environment minister who will stand up for people who are threatened by pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and the depletion of non-renewable resources. That includes both the country’s Black and low-income communities, who are disproportionately impacted, and future generations. Yet Dion George, the new minister, doesn’t inspire hope.

Mar 6, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Zukiswa Wanner |Kissy Agyeman Togobo |Songhai Advisory

My name is Zukiswa Wanner. I am a writer, editor, publisher and curator who considers the African continent my home. In 2020, I became the first woman on my continent to receive the Goethe Medal alongside Bolivian artist and museum director Elvira Espejo Ayca and British writer Ian McEwan.

Jan 18, 2024 | africanarguments.org | Vanessa Tsehaye |Kissy Agyeman-Togobo |Songhai Advisory

My grandmother Roma Solomon died heartbroken. She died grieving her son, Seyoum, who had been disappeared by the regime for twenty years. She died grieving her country, Eritrea, that had been destroyed by the comrades she had fought with and trusted. On the one-year anniversary of her death, her heartbreak continues to haunt me. My grandmother deserved better. She had been a model patriot her entire life.