Middle East & Africa
Israel – Iran Conflict: The Imperative for Global Cooperation to Prevent Regional Escalation
For decades, Iran and Israel have been entangled in what is often described as a "shadow war," involving proxies, cyberattacks, economic sanctions, and aggressive...
Iran-Israel Shadow Conflict
The recent escalation of hostility between Iran and Israel has marked a significant shift in their long-standing animosity, which has previously been marked by...
Israel and Hamas see Gaza ceasefire negotiations as an existential battle
The Gaza ceasefire negotiations have all but broken down, with Israel and Hamas pursuing mutually exclusive goals.
At stake in the negotiations is more than...
Should the South African TRC be seen as a model for future truth commissions?
We are all the children of our times and the product of the cultural and political circumstances into which we are born and with...
Deconstructing Reductionism: A Critique of Agenagn Kebede’s “Ethiopianism in Flux”
The article "Ethiopianism in Flux: Unraveling the Struggle between Amhara Thesis and Anti-Amhara Antithesis" by Agenagn Kebede presents a highly contentious analysis of Ethiopian...
Challenges of Reforming the African National Congress in South Africa
Can the African National Congress (ANC) be reformed and transformed to make more assertive impact on the economy in present-day South Africa? The stark...
Israel and Hamas play whack-a-mole
Despite its devastating human and physical cost, Israel’s effort to destroy Hamas has a whack-a-mole aspect.
Even though Israel asserts it has killed 12,000 of...
One year war in Sudan: Rape, murder and hunger
The situation in Sudan has deteriorated significantly over the past year, with the devastating war resulting in a high death toll, millions of displaced...
Why did Israel launch a strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria?
The world is currently holding its breath, waiting for the unfolding of events in the Middle East following the Israeli airstrikes on Iranian consular...
Ethiopianism in Flux: Unraveling the Struggle between Amhara Thesis and Anti-Amhara Antithesis
This essay intends to analyze how Ethiopianism (Synthesis) is impossible without the ideological, philosophical, and practical struggle between Amhara (thesis) and anti-Amhara (anti-thesis).
Concerning this,...