More: Africa
The Story We’re Not Telling About El-Obeid: SAF’s Human Shields and Trapped Civilians
The battle for El-Obeid is being framed almost exclusively as a story of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) encirclement, but an honest reckoning also requires...
Russia’s Policy to Influence Francophone African States
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lined up Francophone African Foreign Ministers and engaged in an in-depth, substantive, and candid exchange of views on key...
WHO Warns Ebola Response in Congo Faces Funding Shortfall
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that it has secured less than half of the funding required to combat the Ebola outbreak in...
Left of Boom: Moroccan Intelligence and the Changing Face of Sahelian Terrorism
The September 11 attacks fundamentally reshaped modern counterterrorism doctrine. Out of that transformation emerged what is now known as the Left of Boom approach. Rather than...
Russia, Sahel States Review Regional Security
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited the Sahel region in West Africa and officially participated in the Russia-Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali,...
Undetected Ebola Cases Fuel Congo Outbreak, WHO Warns
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be significantly larger than official figures indicate, with most new infections occurring outside known...
Is the Clock Finally Striking the Hour of ‘the African Moment’?
In his 1998 chronicle of the Rwandan genocide, journalist Philip Gourevitch calls Africa a region that generates major catastrophes, ‘but don’t really make meaningful...
“Did You Get Married to Her When I Was in the Mental Hospital?” by Abigail George
There are works of literature that ask to be read, and there are works that demand to be survived. Abigail George's latest prose poem...
The Trans-Saharan (parallel routing) Corridor (Algeria–Niger–Nigeria)
The proposed Trans-Saharan Railway Corridor linking Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria should be understood not merely as a railway but as a strategic instrument for...
How Africa Works – Book Review
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In his new book, How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier, Studwell offers an insightful, structural analysis of why...