2021 has been an important year for journalism and evidence based opinion reports despite the challenges COVID-19 has posed to newsrooms across the continent. As the year draws to a close, here are iWatch Africa’s top 10 reports in 2021 that will be still relevant in 2022.
- China’s trespassing vessels and the economic impact on Ghana’s fisheries sector
- How Big Tech’s Content Moderation Policies Could Jeopardize Users in Authoritarian Regimes
- Garbage Out, Garbage In: How Europe’s e-waste problem is a burden on Africa
- Transforming climate finance for debt-distressed economies during COVID-19
- EC proposed Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism: Key considerations for Least Developed Countries
- Ocean-Climate Nexus: A Blue-Carbon Pathway for West African States
- The New Censorship: Why Protecting Journalists Online from Harassment is Critical to Press Freedom
- Ghana given ‘Yellow Card’ by the European Commission following iWatch’s investigation on illegal fishing
- How the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SALWs) is fueling conflicts in West Africa
- Gideon Sarpong writes: Ghanaian women journalists face threats, abuse in carrying out mandate