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Ukraine Is Coming to Africa. But Did Anyone Ask Africa?
On 25 March 2026, a high-level interagency coordination meeting took place at Ukraine’s Presidential Office, chaired by Kyrylo Budanov. The subject was the expansion ... -
A Death in Bissau: Vigário Luís Balanta and the Risks of Civic Life in Guinea-Bissau
The body of Vigário Luís Balanta was found on March 31, 2026, in the Ndam area, about 30 kilometers from Bissau. Early reporting and ... -
Why African Borderlands Keep Burning
Dr Olivier Walther and Dr Steven Radil share findings from their ongoing research on African borderlands including a forthcoming article in Applied Geography. Africa’s margins ... -
Ghana’s Cocoa Crisis Is Not a Price Story: It Is a Governance Failure
In February 2026, Ghana did something it had not done in living memory. It cut the guaranteed farm-gate cocoa price by 28.6 percent in ... -
The Hollowing of Sovereignty: Nigeria’s Trilemma and the Retreat of the State
In early February, an insurgent group attacked communities in Kwara, North Central Nigeria, killing over a hundred people. President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack, ... -
A Mirage of Extraversion: The Political Cost of Nigeria’s Lobbying Deal
The Nigerian government has recently engaged the services of a Washington-based lobbying firm to promote its efforts at protecting the lives of Nigerians against ... -
Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso: a shared history collides with political fractures
For many decades, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali constituted one of the most integrated spaces of human and economic circulation in West Africa. ... -
Sci-Fi, Folklore, and Faith: Korede Azeez’s unique lens as a Nigerian Muslim filmmaker
Korede Azeez is one of Nigeria’s most prolific breakout filmmakers. Her journey sheds light on the broader landscape of women in Nigeria’s expanding film ... -
How saving the pangolin became a Nigerian conservation agenda
Nigeria’s pangolins face extinction. One organisation is committed to reversing the trend – and coopting communities into conservation. Christy’s life would have ended several ...
