Blood Minerals, Military Escorts, And A Paper Trail: How Conflict Coltan From The DRC Is Flowing Through Uganda Into Your Phone
A groundbreaking report by CECIC exposes Uganda's booming role as a state-sanctioned laundering hub for conflict minerals from the DRC. Discover how military-backed smuggling networks route illicit tantalum into global tech supply chains, directly funding armed rebel groups.
Beyond The Metrics: Grassroots Advocate Exposes The Human Cost Of Uganda's Energy Injustice
Grassroots advocate Otheem Diofre exposes the human cost of Uganda's energy crisis, from predatory corporate consent forms to green gentrification. Discover why sub-Saharan Africa's clean energy transition must prioritize vulnerable communities over top-down metrics.
The Lights Go Out In Havana: How America's Oil Blockade Is Pushing Cuba To The Brink
Six decades of US sanctions meet decades of grid neglect – producing Cuba's worst energy crisis since the Soviet collapse. Blackouts, blocked oil, and quiet diplomacy. The full story from Havana.
The Architecture of Access: Building for What Publishing Should Have Always Been
Before any reviewer reads your argument, an editor decides if your question is worth asking. Desk rejection is the most consequential and least discussed moment in scientific publishing. Making publishing free changes who can afford it – not who gets heard.
