Debating Ideas
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Beyond the Fighter Jets: What Algeria’s Deployment to Niger Really Signals
Four Algerian Su-30 fighters touched down in Niamey on 30 August 2026, trailed by an aerial refueling aircraft. A day earlier, mutinous soldiers — ... -
Ebola and Africa’s Preparedness Dividend: From Crisis to Capability
Africa is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak, and this time the continent is meeting it with the most capable response architecture it has ever ... -
Papers, Please: Canon Collins 2026 Essay Shortlisted Finalist
This piece was a shortlisted finalist for the Canon Collins 2026 essay competition. The annual competition invites essays that demonstrate thought leadership and offer ... -
After the Ballot: What Democracy Must Mean for Somalia
Somali political life is intensely debated across towns, households, media platforms and diaspora communities. Yet this energy does not consistently produce the power to ... -
Hijra: Movement, Migration, and Islamic Thought
The question of why 70,000 Moroccans migrated to the Spanish-governed territories of Ceuta and Melilla within hours on 30 July – ‘Throne Day’, which ... -
Africa’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Boom Needs Public Governance, Not Just Private Investment
Across Africa, assisted reproductive technology (ART) is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Fertility clinics are opening in countries where, until recently, couples had little ... -
Wathint’ abafazi 70 years on
The year 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March against extending the dompas to the black women of South Africa. Every ... -
Why Lesotho’s remittance ‘safety net’ was never really its own, and why it is failing again in 2026
Lesotho is two years into a national state of disaster: US tariffs have gutted its garment factories, unemployment has passed 30%, and its main ... -
Who Speaks for Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms?
When four members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms travelled to London in March 2026 to accept the Chatham House Prize on behalf of the ... -
No Place to Call Home: Increasing Homophobic & Transphobic Laws in the U.S. & Africa
A network of Christian evangelical organizations has spent nearly two decades and tens of millions of dollars fueling a storm of anti-LGBTI+ legislation across ...
