Eleven members speak for nearly half the world. Getting them to speak with one voice is the harder task.
As Juba races toward its first-ever national election, removing legal roadblocks has proven far easier than removing the risk of renewed civil war.
As Cairo deepens ties with Burkina Faso, Africa's balance of power is shifting in ways the West should not ignore.
From Guinea to Mali, Cameroon to Somalia, African leaders are purging and promoting generals in 2026. The pattern reveals more about political survival than security.
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Gold, not just geopolitics, is what keeps Sudan's civil war burning.
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Political goodwill between Accra and Harare is mounting. The economics have yet to follow - and that gap is precisely where opportunity lives.
How a technologically escalating conflict is reshaping the security architecture of an entire region.
By Godfred Zina When Ugandans cast their ballots on January 15, 2026, they will confront a defining choice: entrench a system that has governed for four...
By Godfred Zina For more than three decades, Somaliland has governed itself as a de facto state, maintaining stability while its parent nation, Somalia, struggled with...
By Godfred Zina When Washington intervened in Venezuela, the response from African capitals was swift and notably unified. Yet this wasn’t about taking sides in Latin...
By Godfred Zina As global power shifts accelerate, African nations are abandoning diplomatic deference in favor of strategic reciprocity – and the consequences could reshape international...
By Godfred Zina In early November 2025, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier concluded a landmark three-day state visit to Ghana, underscoring a strategic bilateral relationship that is...
By Godfred Zina The slow-motion unravelling of West Africa’s established security order has entered a critical new phase. The decision by the junta-led Alliance of Sahel...
By Godfred Zina Every year, Africa hemorrhages approximately US$5 billion – not to corruption or illicit financial flows, but to a quieter, systemic flaw: the continent’s...
By Godfred Zina In October 2025, two of Africa’s longest-serving leaders – Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya and Ivory Coast’s 83-year-old Alassane Ouattara – secured yet another...
By Godfred Zina After emerging from the ashes of the 2010–11 post-election violence – a crisis that left over 3,000 dead and deepened national fractures –...
By Godfred Zina As ballots are tallied in Cameroon and tensions mount ahead of Ivory Coast’s pivotal vote later this month, two of West and Central...
By Godfred Zina For decades, Africa has been the world’s largest recipient of foreign aid. Yet despite pouring over US$50 billion annually into the continent, the...
By Godfred Zina Across Africa, a new generation is speaking out. From the streets of Casablanca to the avenues of Antananarivo, Gen Z protesters are redefining...
By Godfred Zina In a dramatic turn that has sent shockwaves across Africa and beyond, former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced in absentia to...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has found itself at the center of a fierce geopolitical and moral debate across Africa....
By Godfred Zina Since 2020, Africa has witnessed a chilling resurgence of military coups – each one draped in the rhetoric of “restoring order,” “fighting corruption,”...
By Godfred Zina In an era when military regimes across the Sahel are tightening borders, isolating themselves, and doubling down on suspicion of external influence, Burkina...
By Godfred Zina Ethiopia is undergoing one of the most ambitious infrastructure transformations on the African continent. With the official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...
By Godfred Zina On September 3, 2025, a quiet but significant meeting took place in Washington, D.C., where officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, Nigeria’s security landscape has undergone a dangerous transformation. What were once largely localized insurgencies and criminal banditry have now converged...
By Godfred Zina As global headlines remain fixated on the war in Ukraine and escalating tensions in the Middle East, a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster of...
By Godfred Zina As world powers recalibrate their foreign policies amid shifting geopolitical tides, Africa is no longer a passive player – it is a pivotal...
By Godfred Zina For centuries, the world has seen Africa through a distorted lens – one shaped not by geography, but by colonial legacy. The Mercator...
By Godfred Zina July 2025 will be remembered as one of the deadliest months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) since the M23...
By Godfred Zina As Africa strides toward greater economic integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the continent’s infrastructure deficit remains one of the...
By Godfred Zina In June 2025, Malawi made headlines across the global economic landscape with the signing of a landmark US$7 billion mining agreement with Hunan...
By Godfred Zina Across Africa, a troubling pattern is emerging – one that threatens the hard-won gains of democratic governance over the past three decades. In...
By Godfred Zina As global powers intensify their competition for influence across Africa, the United States is redefining its approach to the continent – not through...
By Godfred Zina In June 2025, just weeks after the United States brokered a high-profile agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and...
By Godfred Zina In a striking diplomatic turnaround, Gabon is redefining its place on the global stage. Just months after a military coup upended its political...
By Godfred Zina At 92 years old, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya – Africa’s second-longest-serving leader – remains silent as his ruling party, the Cameroon People’s Democratic...
By Godfred Zina The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, has reached completion after more than a decade and US$4 billion in investment....
By Godfred Zina On June 7, 2025, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) inked a U.S.-mediated peace agreement aimed at ending years...
By Godfred Zina As the dynamics of global geopolitics continue to evolve, Ghana and India are deepening their bilateral relationship through a renewed strategic partnership. This...
By Godfred Zina As Russia expands its influence across the Sahel region, its strategic partnership with Mali has grown significantly stronger. This week, Malian leader Colonel...
By Godfred Zina In the shifting terrain of global trade, major powers like the United States and China are increasingly influencing the economic trajectory of Africa...
By Godfred Zina Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have spilled into the regional arena, culminating in Rwanda’s decision to...
By Godfred Zina China’s footprint in Africa has grown dramatically over the past two decades, positioning it as one of the continent’s largest bilateral creditors. Through...
By Godfred Zina In a bold step toward Pan-African unity, Ghana has emerged as a regional leader in championing the vision of a borderless Africa. In...
By Godfred Zina As Russia expands its footprint in East Africa, Ethiopia and the Russian Federation are forging a closer strategic relationship that spans defense, economics,...
By Godfred Zina Recent rumors of a potential coup in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) have sparked political unease and raised broader questions about governance, transparency, and...
By Godfred Zina As African nations increasingly assert control over their natural resources, Liberia has emerged as the latest country to crack down on illegal mining...
By Godfred Zina The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is deteriorating rapidly as a deadly combination of armed conflict, intercommunal violence, economic instability, climate change, and...
By Godfred Zina Mali is once again at a crossroads. In a recent decree citing concerns over public order, General Assimi Goïta – de facto leader...
By Godfred Zina Despite perceptions of declining U.S. strategic interest in Africa, American security cooperation with the continent continues to hold firm, underscored by a series...
By Godfred Zina A year after my initial analysis of Togo’s political trajectory, the nation finds itself at a pivotal juncture. President Faure Gnassingbé, heir to...
By Godfred Zina The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Belgium share a fraught, centuries-old relationship shaped by colonial exploitation, imbalanced power dynamics, and...
By Godfred Zina Despite growing skepticism about the long-term efficacy of relying on institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), many African nations are once again...
By Godfred Zina As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its 50th anniversary, the regional bloc finds itself at a pivotal moment. Despite...
By Godfred Zina Since January 2025, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been engulfed in a devastating conflict that has claimed approximately 7,000...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, the once-strong relationship between France and Algeria has deteriorated significantly, with trade between the two nations plummeting by 30 percent...
By Godfred Zina In recent years, the democratic landscape in several African nations has deteriorated alarmingly. Authoritarian rule, violent extremism, rampant corruption, human rights abuses, discrimination,...
By Godfred Zina The political upheavals in West Africa’s Sahel region have sparked a dramatic realignment of international alliances. In the wake of successive coups, the...
By Godfred Zina Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has officially assumed office as the 7th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth...
By Godfred Zina Since coming to power through a military coup that ousted longtime leader Robert Mugabe in 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa now appears to be...
By Godfred Zina The growing diplomatic ties between Eritrea and Saudi Arabia are poised to reshape the power dynamics in the Red Sea and the Horn...
By Godfred Zina While the world closely follows the war in Ukraine, two of the most devastating humanitarian crises – those in Sudan and the Democratic...
By Godfred Zina Deteriorating Diplomatic Relations Paris-Algiers relations have sharply deteriorated since France recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over the contested Western Sahara in July 2024. This move...
By Godfred Zina The diplomatic landscape in the Horn of Africa is shifting following Türkiye’s successful mediation between Somalia and Ethiopia over a contentious naval deal...
By Godfred Zina France’s military presence in Africa is continuing its decline, as Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) becomes the latest nation to regain control of a...
By Godfred Zina As global demand for natural gas surges and prices continue to rise in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,...
By Godfred Zina A few weeks ago, after conducting a poll, I wrote about the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship race. Read my original post here....
By Godfred Zina Security remains a pressing issue in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) as leaders from the East African Community (EAC)...
By Godfred Zina The ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo has resulted in significant loss of life, with over 700 individuals killed in a short span...
By Godfred Zina As Gabon takes significant steps toward returning to democratic rule and ending the Bongo dynasty with its proposed election on April 15, other...
By Godfred Zina The African Union Commission Chairperson elections are scheduled for February 2025, with candidates from Djibouti, Kenya, and Madagascar, following Mauritius’ withdrawal from the...
By Godfred Zina Despite ongoing diplomatic tensions in Africa, 17 heads of state, including Nigerian President and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Bola...
With Türkiye successfully mediating between Somalia and Ethiopia over a naval deal involving breakaway Somaliland, Ethiopia’s defense minister visited Somalia, indicating improved relations after heightened tensions...
By Godfred Zina Military chiefs in some African countries have been replaced, but this trend may have far-reaching implications for the continent’s stability and governance. Recently, President...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
After succeeding in pushing Ethiopia and Somalia to reach a deal and agreeing to respect one another’s “sovereignty,” Türkiye has turned its attention to the Sudan...
Just 16 months after Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez’s state visit to Africa, Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba is reciprocating with a 5-day state visit to Cuba...
French Influence in Africa continues waning, as its former colonies redefine their strategic partnerships toward Russia. Chadian authorities indicated that it would end a key defense...