Politics
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Somalia: A State without Settlement
In early June, a warm evening in Mogadishu was punctuated once again by the staccato of gunfire and mortar shells. Not the result of ... -
Benin’s New President Seeks New Outreach to Togo and Niger
On May 24, 2026, former Beninese finance minister under the outgoing president Patrice Talon, Romuald Wadagni, was sworn into office as the President of ... -
Somalia in the Crosshairs: the Consequences of the Iran War on Somalia
The US-Israel war on Iran has had global ramifications in the cost of daily life and geopolitical calculations. Because of geographical proximity, political instability, ... -
Somalia: The Disappeared
On the evening of 26 June 2021, a woman named Ikran Tahlil Farah left her home in Mogadishu after receiving a call from a ... -
Sovereignty without control: Sudan, gold and the limits of international law
In 2024, as Sudan reeled from one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, UAE imports of its gold jumped by 70%. Millions had been ... -
What Al-Shabaab Understands About Somali Authority
In south-central Somalia, a trader knows what to expect at an al-Shabaab checkpoint. The rate is fixed, set out in a published schedule. The ... -
Africa and Eurasia Are Working in Partnership – The World Just Hasn’t Noticed
In 2022, Egypt joined as a partner to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a political, economic, and security organisation of Eurasian states. As Bishkek, ... -
The CFA Franc Is Not a Currency. It Is a Constitutional Constraint
The debate about the CFA franc keeps happening on the wrong terrain. My mother used to sell food in front of our house in ... -
Why the RSF’s Rapid Takeover Strategy in Sudan Failed
From the beginning of Sudan’s war, the strategy pursued by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its supporting network relied on one central assumption: ... -
Sovereignty or Staging: The Paris-Brazzaville Face-Off in the Mirror of Reality
The geopolitical landscape of central Africa is currently navigating a zone of severe diplomatic turbulence, driven by an acute crisis of accountability between Paris, ...
