Africa geopolitics - The Habari Network

Africa as a unified negotiating bloc shaping global stability through strategic resources, trade, and continental cooperation.

The Power to Stabilize: What Africa Can Become When It Negotiates as One

By Daki Nkanyane The world is becoming less stable. Not in the dramatic register of breaking-news alerts, but in something deeper – the structural architecture of...

A strategic map of Africa with competing global power symbols representing the new scramble for African resources, influence, and partnerships in the multipolar world.

Opinion1 month ago

When Everyone Wants Africa

By Daki Nkanyane There is a moment in the life of a rising continent when attention begins to feel like validation. Summits multiply. Partnerships are announced...

African mining site extracting critical minerals like cobalt and rare earths

A Diaspora View of Africa2 months ago

How the Outcome of the New Scramble for Africa Will Be Different

By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...

Does BRICS Serve Africa’s Economic Interests?

Opinion2 months ago

Does BRICS Really Serve Africa’s Interests?

By Farhia Noor The continent’s partnerships with emerging powers demand scrutiny, not celebration. I am African. I read. I observe. I listen. I reflect. My elders...

Sahel nations Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger assert African sovereignty through unified diplomacy and resistance to foreign intervention.

Opinion2 months ago

The Sahel’s Stand: Africa Writes Its Own Story

By Farhia Noor The Sahel is teaching the world a lesson it had forgotten: Africa is neither weak nor helpless. And it is certainly not for...

Africa navigating great and middle power competition on a global chessboard.

Owusu on Africa3 months ago

Africa’s Rising Role in a Shifting Global Order: Navigating the New Multipolar World

By Fidel Amakye Owusu Ghana’s president recently articulated what many African leaders are thinking but few dare say aloud: “While no specific name has yet been...

A Diaspora View of Africa3 months ago

Global Insecurity Endangers Africa

By Gregory Simpkins As we have entered 2026, the world community is experiencing heightened tensions and could lead to global conflict. As has been the case...

Africa's Awakening: When the Giant Remembers Itself

Opinion4 months ago

Africa’s Awakening: When the Giant Remembers Itself

By Daki Nkanyane There are moments in history when a continent doesn’t “rise” – it remembers. Africa stands at precisely such a threshold today. For years,...

Guinea-Bissau’s Coup: Another Blow to West Africa’s Fragile Democracies

Owusu on Africa5 months ago

Guinea-Bissau’s Coup: Another Blow to West Africa’s Fragile Democracies

By Fidel Amakye Owusu Guinea-Bissau’s military has once again seized power, plunging the small West African nation into yet another cycle of political instability. While this...

A new transnational railway or power line, representing the continental infrastructure needed to support African unity.

Opinion5 months ago

Africa’s Unity Is the Key to True Independence

By Victory Azimih The world is reorganizing into powerful, consolidated blocs. Africa cannot afford to remain the outlier, negotiating as 54 fragmented voices. The cost of...

US and Nigerian flags with diplomatic documents and a gavel, symbolizing tensions over religious freedom designation and diplomatic relations between the United States and Nigeria.

A Diaspora View of Africa5 months ago

Belligerent Words and Actions Undermine US Diplomacy in Nigeria

By Gregory Simpkins As I have stated recently, the United States, which strode the world stage as a political and economic colossus after World War II,...

A Diaspora View of Africa7 months ago

Ethiopia Dam Crisis Just Beginning

By Gregory Simpkins As written on our pages recently, Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a landmark ceremony led by Prime Minister...

Africa as chessboard with China and U.S. pieces,

Opinion7 months ago

China vs. U.S. in Africa: The Real Contest for the 21st Century’s Most Crucial Arena

By Dishant Shah When pundits speak of the 21st century’s great power rivalry, they fixate on the Pacific – Taiwan, the South China Sea, semiconductor supply...