June 23
Africa: The $2.68 Million Fence Vs. the Forest's People
On February 27, 2026, the Keiyo Indigenous Community filed a formal grievance with the United Nations Development Programme's Social and Environmental Compliance Unit, alleging… Read more »
June 19
Africa: The Man Who Refused to Be Silenced
The first time my father was taken to prison, I was a toddler and did not know what prison was. When I asked where he had gone, my mother told me he had to go rest in a resort for… Read more »
June 18
Africa: Why Franck Zanu Is Wrong About Africa
"Well, the effort is useless because no black country would ever develop... Black countries meaning the 54 that is on the continent, the 13 black countries in the Caribbean, the… Read more »
Africa: Africa and Eurasia Are Working in Partnership - the World Just Hasn't Noticed
In 2022, Egypt joined as a partner to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a political, economic, and security organisation of Eurasian states. As Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,… Read more »
Africa: What Al-Shabaab Understands About Somali Authority
In south-central Somalia, a trader knows what to expect at an al-Shabaab checkpoint. The rate is fixed, set out in a published schedule. The receipt allows passage through the next… Read more »
June 17
Africa: The CFA Franc Is Not a Currency. It Is a Constitutional Constraint
The debate about the CFA franc keeps happening on the wrong terrain. Read more »
June 15
Africa: Mali. the Missing Structural Factor
On 25 April 2026, Mali faced its most severe test in fourteen years. Coordinated JNIM and FLA attacks struck seven major population centres including Kati, Mopti, Gao, and Kidal,… Read more »
June 10
Africa: Washington Is Treating Africa As a Target, Not a Partner - and Africa Knows It
Frank Garcia has just been confirmed as Washington's top Africa diplomat. His appointment tells African governments everything they need to know about how little they matter to… Read more »
Africa: African Security and a Financial Architecture in Retreat
African security is conventionally analysed in terms of armed groups, peacekeeping, and counterterrorism. However, what increasingly shapes the political order African states can… Read more »
June 03
Africa: Africa's AI Governance Gap - Why National Strategies Must Move Beyond Adoption to Execution
In February 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority deployed Publican AI at Tema Port --software that analyses import declarations, benchmarks values against global trade databases, and… Read more »
Africa: Can Sudan's Dried Meat Delicacy Escape the Suitcase and Conquer New Markets?
Sharmout, a traditional Sudanese dried meat, is already popular among Sudanese communities abroad where it is transported and sold through the 'suitcase trade.' The challenge now… Read more »
June 02
Africa: The Untold Story of the Battle of Adowa - How Anti-Imperialism Can Be Rebuilt From the Ground Up
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June 01
Africa: African Multilateralism From a Vision to a Reality - Lessons From the Most Hostile Continent On Earth
For twenty years I have worked strengthening African governance and multilateral institutions. Across each sector - security, economic development, education reform and… Read more »
Africa: The Death of Koko Networks - a Post-Mortem of a Biofuel Startup and the Rise of Carbon Economies in Africa
What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the climate crisis, structural underdevelopment… Read more »
May 27
Africa: The Dangote Refinery and the End of Africa's Engineered Dependency
For decades, Africa's place in the global oil economy was not merely subordinate; it was designed to be so. Read more »
May 23
Africa: AI and the New Machinery of African Repression
Artificial intelligence is lowering the cost of authoritarian control in Africa. The danger is not only mass surveillance, but a state that can abort reformist change before it is… Read more »
May 11
Africa: In a World of Blocs, France and Kenya Chose the Middle
Why Nairobi? A lot of ink has already been spilled to explain the choice of Kenya to host the upcoming Africa France summit, the first gathering of heads of state from the… Read more »
May 07
Africa: The Machine Cannot Hold
The old YARID offices, before the move to the current premises, were on the second floor above a hardware stall. By eight in the morning, the room smelled of the first rain, the… Read more »
May 04
Africa: Bamako Under Siege - How Coordinated Attacks Exposed the Mali Government's Fragility - and Tested the Aes
The coordinated attacks that shook Mali on 25-27 April 2026 are not an anomaly. They are the culmination of a long, deteriorating security trajectory--one that has steadily eroded… Read more »
Africa: The Past and Future(s) of the Postcolonial University
In Femi Kayode's thriller Lightseekers (2021) the protagonist Philip Taiwo investigates the brutal murder of three students in the fictional university town of Okriki in the Niger… Read more »
April 23
Africa: An Economy Without Permission
In cities like Marrakech, Dakar, and Dubai, art markets are curated as economic and cultural infrastructure. In Lagos, the Lekki Art Market offers the same promise, but you might… Read more »
April 22
Africa: Ukraine Is Coming to Africa. but Did Anyone Ask Africa?
On 25 March 2026, a high-level interagency coordination meeting took place at Ukraine's Presidential Office, chaired by Kyrylo Budanov. The subject was the expansion of Ukraine's… Read more »
April 21
Africa: African Arguments Relaunching for 2026
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April 15
Africa: Why African Borderlands Keep Burning
Dr Olivier Walther and Dr Steven Radil share findings from their ongoing research on African borderlands including a forthcoming article in Applied Geography. Read more »
March 26
Africa: Presidential Elections in the Republic of Congo
On 15 March, the Republic of Congo staged its fifth presidential election since Denis Sassou Nguesso reclaimed power after the 1997 civil war. Few citizens bothered to participate.… Read more »
