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The Pathway To Dreams
Dreams are often about identity, because we're figuring out who we are and what we need, and the beliefs and perspectives we hold,” says...
China and Egypt’s African Ambitions: How VICMED Could Advance the Belt and Road
The Chinese perspective intersects with and complements the vision of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to establish a waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea to...
From Pan-Africanism to Meta-Africanism: The Emerging Narrative of Africa as an Architect of the World
For more than a century, Pan-Africanism gave Africa a powerful political vocabulary of unity, solidarity, dignity, and liberation. This ideology emerged from a continent...
The Pair Of Cheap White Sunglasses
The woman who knocked at my door wore a pair of cheap white sunglasses. She asked for something to eat. Then another woman came,...
Leaked Files Shed New Light on Sudan Army’s Alleged Chemical Weapons Program
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have found themselves at the center of a major crisis following news investigations by leading U.S. media outlets that...
The Chinese Connection
Priority number one is not the Ukraine-Russia war or the upheavalment (see genocide) in Gaza; however, there is a global disintegration of family life...
Is the Horn of Africa Becoming the Next Front in the Middle Eastern Power Competition?
The Red Sea no longer separates the Middle East from Africa. It increasingly connects their security problems. Across the Horn of Africa, ports,...
Inside The Bethelsdorp Cave, I Am The Guest
This is a meditation on my writing life and routine. It follows. It's also a prayer. I don't believe I belong to anything. To...
Why Failed Coups Make Sahel Juntas Stronger, Not Weaker
Surviving a coup attempt is not a near-miss for Sahel juntas — it is the mechanism of entrenchment itself: each failed attempt hands the...
Inside the Sahel’s War Economy: How Juntas and Jihadists Tax the Same Fuel Trucks
Ten months into al-Qaeda's blockade of Bamako, the fuel still arrives. Since JNIM's spokesman announced the campaign on 3 September 2025, the group has...