November 27, 2023
West Africa: Europe's Migration Deals in the Sahel Must Be Revised
As instability in the region grows, the EU's faltering strategy with partner countries should be adapted. Read more »
August 30, 2023
Africa: Brics+ and the Tricky Business of Balancing Global Geopolitics
Will an expanded BRICS precipitate a new international order, or collapse under the weight of its internal contradictions? Read more »
August 04, 2023
Africa: From Russia, With Little to Show for It
President Vladimir Putin got more out of the Russia-Africa summit than most African leaders. Read more »
July 21, 2023
South Africa: Pretoria's 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card
Putin's stay-away from the BRICS summit means Pretoria can remain on favourable terms with Russia without antagonising key Western partners. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Africa: Will the Russia-Africa Summit Balance Pageantry and Politics?
To avoid being seen as passive agents endorsing Moscow's narrow global interests, African leaders must assert the continent's priorities. Read more »
July 05, 2023
Africa: Africa's Ukraine-Russia Mediation Needed a Clearer AU Footprint
The peace mission was an important opportunity to elevate African countries' collective role in world affairs. Read more »
June 08, 2023
Africa: Is the Blue Economy a Route to Stronger AU-EU Ties?
The two continents share maritime spaces. An agreement on equitable and joint responsibilities could boost development and prosperity. Read more »
May 22, 2023
South Africa: Wheels Come Off South Africa's Hollow Version of Non-Alignment
A foreign policy of non-alignment only works when based on a dispassionate and objective reading of global geopolitics. Read more »
March 10, 2023
Africa: UK Seems Ready to Return Its 'last African Colony'
Aggrieved Chagossians must be heard in negotiations between the UK and Mauritius over who owns the Chagos Archipelago. Read more »
February 03, 2023
Southern Africa: Abstaining in Absentia - Does SADC Have a Common Position On Ukraine?
Some Southern African states show that you can vote against Russian aggression and still remain non-aligned. Read more »
January 20, 2023
Africa: Sergey Lavrov Back to Africa With a Vengeance
Barely six months after the Russian foreign minister's first African tour, two more trips are in the offing. Read more »
November 18, 2022
Africa: Could G20 or Brics Be Africa's Route to Global Influence?
The G20 is more representative, and African Union membership would provide direct access to the world's largest players. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: China vs the West - a Contest That Will Hurt Africa's Future
Africa's development depends on global rapprochement and overcoming its own lowest-common-denominator politics. Read more »
October 14, 2022
Africa: Ukraine's Kuleba Tries to Change Africa's Narrative On the War
Ducking the crossfire doesn't mean staying neutral - Africa should take independent, principled positions that support the UN Charter. Read more »
September 16, 2022
Central Africa: Wagner Is Being Used in Africa As a Proxy to Target Civilians
The issue here is not which combatant the Russian military company is backing but its treatment of civilians. Read more »
September 09, 2022
Africa: Time for Africa Strategies On the Big Powers?
Agreeing on them would be tricky but could enable Africa to shape global futures that benefit the continent. Read more »
August 30, 2022
Africa: Continent Has a Rare Chance to Shape the International Order
As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value? Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: Examining the Continent's Place in the World's Divided Future
As global upheavals change the world as we know it, four scenarios reveal the impacts on our long-term future. Read more »
August 12, 2022
Africa: Unpacking Africa's Divided Stance on the Ukraine War
A lack of principled consistency in solving conflicts makes Africa's non-aligned position look like short-sighted opportunism. Read more »
July 29, 2022
Africa: Lavrov's African Safari Was Not Routine
With Russia's foreign minister and France's president in Africa this week, propaganda around the Ukraine war is intensifying. Read more »
July 08, 2022
Africa: Is France Losing Ground in Africa?
Gabon and Togo's recent decision to join the Commonwealth seemed like a blow to France - but was it? Read more »
June 10, 2022
Africa: Africa Must Separate the Wheat From Russia's Geopolitical Chaff
Putin assured the AU that Russia would ease grain shortages, but the arrangement is far from straightforward. Read more »
June 03, 2022
Africa: German Chancellor Scholz Undertakes an Early Mission to Africa
Was German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's trip more about Africa or Ukraine? Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: U.S. Debates Bill to Counter 'Malign' Russian Activities in Africa
A new law to punish states that back certain Russian actions could have major implications for African countries. Read more »
April 26, 2022
Africa: Rwanda-UK Deal Degrades Refugee Conventions and Africa's Approach
There are no good precedents for outsourcing asylum processes, and the agreement could damage continental relations. Read more »