Politics
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Ghana’s Northern Sovereignty Gap: JNIM and the Burkinabe Border
In May 2024, Ghana’s former Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Boniface Gambila, offered a candid description of what happens along Ghana’s 602-kilometer border with its ... -
Nigeria designed the cure for its electricity crisis. It stopped administering it halfway.
Ask anyone who has lived in Nigeria what NEPA stands for, and they will tell you it stands for Never Expect Power Always. The ... -
Intra-African diplomatic relations should not dictate the external foreign policies of African states
Relatives will always have fights. These come and go, but once an outsider gets involved, this may threaten to collapse the household for good. ... -
Bringing Guns and Tanks to a Knife Fight
If you want to understand how protest cycles evolve, look not at the crowds but at the empty streets. On June 25, 2026, Nairobi’s ... -
African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees
Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year ... -
Agriculture as the Foundation of Post-War Reconstruction in Sudan
A New Lens on Sudan’s Recovery Agriculture in fragile and conflict-affected states is often viewed as a technical sector — a means of producing ... -
Beyond SAF and RSF: Why Sudan’s War Cannot Be Understood Through Two Actors Alone
Throughout Sudan’s war, most diplomatic efforts have treated the conflict as a struggle between two actors: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid ... -
South Africa’s migration debate is missing the bigger picture
South Africa’s migration debate is overwhelmingly focused on what happens when migrants arrive. Politicians argue about deportations and documentation. Activists focus on xenophobia and ... -
The Politics of ‘Terrorism’ as a Designation in Eastern DRC
Words matter in conflict, and few carry more consequences than ‘terrorist’. Overused for decades, applied to insurgents, separatists, and state enemies alike, the label ... -
Xi’s Zero Tariff Offer to Africa and the Political Boundaries of Eswatini’s Exclusion
China’s tariff announcement and the African response In February 2026, China announced that 53 African countries can now sell their goods to China without ...
