Africa

  • Green electricity from Africa

    Green electricity from Africa

    NAMINIA: Dependence on Russian gas, Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and provoked supply crises have put energy at the center of European politics. But in Namibia, the plan is now to focus on 'green' electricity where seawater is desalinated and produces hydrogen through electrolysis.

  • Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad

    Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad

    AFRICA: In Norway, interest in the Sahel region is increasing. With Gaddafi's fall in 2011, the strength and number of rebel groups in the region increased. After the start of the global war on terror in 2001, more and more countries have become interested in this vast area. But aren't the Islamists primarily fighting against…

  • A numbers game

    A numbers game

    DOCUFICTION: After an unofficial five-year filmmaking ban, Hungary's Ádám Császi continues to oppose the authoritarian Orbán regime.

  • A politically correct decolonisation ideology?

    A politically correct decolonisation ideology?

    MODERNISATION: Nigerian professor Olùfèmi Táíwò examines power relations between former colonised and colonialists. All states struggle to adapt modern institutions to their own history, cultural context, and ideological climate. But can the demand for decolonizing language become absurd?

  • Muslim elites, exercise of power, and terror

    Muslim elites, exercise of power, and terror

    AFRICA: What can a book say about Boko Haram or the porous border between present-day Cameroon and present-day Chad? Or about the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kanem-Bornu?

  • Cobalt, the other side of the electric dream

    Cobalt, the other side of the electric dream

    CLIMATE: The cost of going carbon neutral painted in the nightmare colours of cobalt blue.

  • Volker Schlöndorff – Full of hope for Africa

    Volker Schlöndorff – Full of hope for Africa

    ENVIRONMENT: «It's about changing mindsets», says Volker Schlöndorff. Jokingly, the German veteran director refers to his new documentary on agronomist Tony Rinaudo's reforestation projects in Africa as propaganda.

  • The tale of a vanished sea

    The tale of a vanished sea

    CLIMATE: Why did the water leave Muynak?

  • «… Who steals, rapes, plunders, tortures and kills»

    «… Who steals, rapes, plunders, tortures and kills»

    FRANCE: After a number of «not a day without» statements, the French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour's conclusion is that the country is about to be taken over by Muslims and feminists.

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