More: Africa
China Praises African States for Blocking Taiwan President’s Flight, Forcing Trip Cancellation
Tensions between China and Taiwan have intensified after Lai Ching-te was forced to cancel a planned diplomatic visit to Eswatini due to denied overflight...
Reality check: Kamil Idris’ Al-Jazeera article misses the Sudan peace point again
There will not have been many international leaders taken in by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris’ opinion article published this week on the Al-Jazeera...
Addis Ababa Exhibition Presents Unique Opportunity for African Women Artists
Ahead of the World Public Summit Africa, an exhibition of the Women of Africa in Art award winners was opened in Addis Ababa, the...
The Tigray Conflict: Political Inclusivity and Security Challenges in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia, which has the second-largest population on the African continent and belongs to the category of the fastest-growing economy in the region, entered the...
When Washington Leaves: Africa Must Shape Its Own Security Architecture
For decades, Africa’s security architecture has rested on shaky foundations: a reliance on external actors, particularly the United States, to define, fund, and lead...
Golden Handcuffs: The Political Economy of Pliable Democracy in Africa
Authors: Lyna Saadi and Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill
Western democracy-promotion programs in Africa are failing, but not for the reasons most analysts claim. The problem is...
Iran war fallout puts Sudan’s Burhan in a deeper bind
Sudan’s self-appointed leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is finding that his co-dependent relationship with the country’s Islamist-Muslim Brotherhood elite is beginning to run interference on...
Reflections: Africa’s Energy Security
Perhaps Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, is at the forefront, shaping Africa's energy security. And African countries are also accelerating coordinated efforts to build...
WTO’s Trade Multilateralism, its Basic Principles of Global Trading
The 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (MC14) was held in Yaounde, the capital city of Cameroon, from March 26-29. The landmark...
Technological Revolution in Transport and Logistics Presents Long-Term Challenges
Unbelievably, Russia is no longer at the geopolitical and economic crossroads. Kazan, the famous city in the autonomous Republic of Tatarstan, and St. Petersburg,...