A Diary of an Aid Worker in the Ebola Emergency Response in Sierra Leone

This is a guest post by Helen Mayelle, a former MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies student now working as an Information and Communications Officer for Save the Children’s Ebola Emergency Response in Sierra Leone

The erasure of Vanessa Nakate portrays an idealised climate activism

Cropping out Vanessa Nakate from a photo with fellow young climate activists at the World Economic Forum has prompted allegations of racism. Despite forecasts that the African continent will be most affected by climate change, the erasure has been seen as part of a broader pattern of silencing African voices on climate debates