Africa: Russia in Africa's Geopolitical Arena

The African continent stands at the threshold of significant development, rich in natural resources and holding a crucial geopolitical position on the world stage. With 9.7 percent… Read more »

Africa: AU Elections - Will It Change Anything?

Each time the African Union (AU) nears election season, the member countries of the region whose turn it is to fill the organization's most influential seats enter into a kind of… Read more »

Africa: Global South - a Rising Power in a Shifting World Order

The term "Global South" first appeared in 1969 in an article by political activist Carl Oglesby in the liberal Catholic journal "Commonweal". Oglesby argued that the Vietnam War… Read more »

East Africa: Flooding Poses Serious Threat in Nine Regional States As Climate Fluctuations Take Toll On East Africa

Aid agencies warn close to two million Ethiopians at risk Read more »

Africa: Infectious Diseases Fester in Wake of Drought, War - UN Report

A UN agency signals a worrying uptick in the spread of infectious diseases as "successive shocks" expose thousands of people across the country to measles, cholera, and malaria. Read more »

Africa: Impact of Red Sea Crisis On Africa - Red Flag or Red Herring?

Still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, African countries face yet another geopolitical hurdle with the Red Sea crisis and its potentially significant… Read more »

East Africa: Leaving No One Behind - Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings in the Horn of Africa

Even during difficult circumstances, we all want the best for our children no matter what age they are and what situation they are in. As a parent, the first thing I wish for my… Read more »

Africa: Africa Will Face $3.3 Trillion Finance Deficit in Next Decade - AU Development Arm

Africa must step up its resource mobilization efforts if the continent is to bridge a USD 3.3 trillion financing deficit over the coming decade, warns the African Union Development… Read more »

Africa: Stepping Up the Commitment to the AU

As the two-day 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicks of today in Addis Ababa, the Summit provides an opportunity… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Leave Workers to the Fate of Global Shocks

As a symbol of economic globalization, Industrial Parks occupy a central place in debates on the foreign direct investment in the South from the so-called Global North. A central… Read more »

Africa: UN Security Council Redirects Somaliland Dispute to IGAD, AU

Ethiopia places request for IGAD session Read more »

Africa: Uncertainty Reigns As Fourth Round GERD Talks Fail

The fourth round of trilateral negotiations involving Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ended this week in Addis Ababa, without an… Read more »

Africa: Marginalization - Sub Saharan Africa's Persistent Nightmare

Around 25 years ago, I stumbled upon a fascinating book while browsing through a roadside vendor in London's Oxford Street. Priced at a mere pound, this second-hand book titled… Read more »

Africa: Why the New Cold War Will Split Africa

It's no longer debatable," scholars Hal Brands and John Lewis Gaddis wrote in Foreign Affairs in October 2021, "that the US and China . . . are entering their own new cold war."… Read more »

Africa: Rwanda to Host Key Trade Insurance Event in July

Kigali, Rwanda will welcome leading African finance ministers and investors in July for the annual general meeting of the African Trade Insurance Agency and an investor roundtable… Read more »

Africa: Sky-High Taxes - Experts Call for Reduced Airfare in Africa

High taxation on the aviation sector is discouraging air travel in Africa, with travelers deterred by the high cost of air tickets. Read more »

Africa: Repatriation Woes Leave Airlines Discontented

Forex crunch pushes 12 African countries, including Ethiopia, to withhold $1 billion Read more »