Politics
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Ethiopia’s quest for a seaport, Egypt and the geopolitics of the Nile Basin
Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt go back decades and reveal a web of Cold War intrigue, clandestine diplomacy and internal meddling. With Cairo winning ... -
Black-and-white thinking about Rwanda
Spotting discrimination, polarisation and propaganda are important functions of the media. But to do that, journalists must be able to recognise them. Rwandans used ... -
“That’s no joke”: Hichilema gears up to change Zambia’s constitution
Zambia’s increasingly authoritarian president has spuriously warned that elections could be delayed for 8-9 years unless the constitution is amended. As President Hakainde Hichilema ... -
Rwanda: Beneath the facade of Consensus Democracy
25 years after the Inter-Rwandan Dialogue birthed ‘consensus democracy’, it is now time to revisit and renew the system. On International Day of Democracy, ... -
When will African leaders resist the neocolonial summons?
140 years after imperial powers at the Berlin Conference carved up the continent and its resources, Africa’s leaders are still trooping to global centres ... -
Is peace possible between Sudan’s warring parties?
Achieving lasting peace requires parties to negotiate with adversaries – no matter how difficult this may be. Ever since conflict erupted in Sudan on ... -
Guinea: When the putschists overstay their welcome
With neither elections nor a promised new constitution in sight, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya’s three-year junta is tightening its grip on power – even as ... -
The continent falling behind: Africa’s placement in the Global Feminist Foreign Policy Discourse
Why has the Afro-feminist movement remained conspicuously absent in global discussions on Feminist Foreign Policy? In July 2024, the world convened for the third ... -
What the anti-immigration riots tell us about Starmer’s Labour
Labour strongly condemned the riots, but can Starmer’s faction confront its own dark history of race-baiting? What we know is that the far-right riots ... -
Moving the Talai: How the British tried, and failed, to eliminate the native prophets of the Rift Valley
The evidence of colonial Britain’s attempt to eliminate the Talai a century ago is only now coming to light, as the last of the ...
