When the world said no, Ethiopia said: watch us.
By Des H Rikhotso President Duma Boko’s refusal to visit the White House signals a bolder African posture on sovereignty – and may be backed by...
By Victory Azimih The next global crisis will not originate in financial markets. It will begin in the world’s food systems. Nations that cannot feed themselves...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson The Scramble for Africa stands as one of history’s most audacious acts of collective dispossession. A century later, its consequences remain very much...
By Victory Azimih The artificial intelligence revolution offers African nations a historic opportunity – but only if they transform education into industrial power. In Parts 1...
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...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Great-power competition has returned to Africa. But this is no simple reprise of the Cold War – it is more chaotic, more...
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...
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...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Two ambitious crown princes have emerged in the Gulf, each possessing formidable charisma, transformative visions for their respective nations, and deeply conservative...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In an undergraduate political science seminar years ago, we studied a hierarchy that divided nations into categories: superpowers, great powers, strong states,...
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 Farhia Noor An African proverb warns: “When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.” The recent escalation of American policy toward Venezuela represents far...
By Victory Azimih A troubling contradiction haunts African development: we discuss building the continent everywhere except where construction actually happens. African leaders, policymakers, and investors shuttle...
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 Dishant Shah For over a century, Africa has been subjected to relentless scrutiny – by colonial offices, foreign ministries, extractive industries, intelligence services, development banks,...
By Wavinya Makai Africa is not short of intelligence. It is short of courage at the top. The crisis defining contemporary Africa is not one of...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is blessed with natural and human resources. The continent holds 60 percent of the world’s best solar resources, 60 percent of the...
By Ajay Wasserman The world came to Africa in 2025 – but not everyone showed up. That, however, turned out to be beside the point. While...
By Farhia Noor In African cosmology, the Harmattan is more than a seasonal wind – it is a revealer. It strips away illusion with its dry,...
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 Farhia Noor Africa is not poor. Africa is being systematically robbed – and one of the most insidious instruments of this extraction is foreign-led consultancy....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Across the Sahel, the Lake Chad Basin, and the forests of northern Mozambique, a dangerous paradox is unfolding: Africa’s borders are simultaneously...
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...
By Farhia Noor I am African. And I say this with unshakable conviction: the lion is not stirring. The lion is not awakening. The lion has...
By Dishant Shah When we speak of African identity, self-determination, and unity, one name rises above the rest – not merely as a historical figure, but...
By Apollo Buregyeya As global climate negotiations intensify, one instrument has risen to prominence as a supposed solution to the climate crisis: carbon credits. Marketed as...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On August 27, 1975, the world learned of the death of Emperor Haile Selassie – a moment that marked not just the...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is no longer on the periphery of global geopolitics. Over the past two decades, it has emerged as a pivotal arena for...
By Farhia Noor As an African deeply invested in our continent’s future, I recently read the Africa Finance Corporation’s (AFC) 2025 report: “The State of Africa’s...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Last week, Belgian prosecutors reignited a decades-old wound by announcing they are pursuing a 92-year-old former diplomat in connection with the assassination...
By Mary Alorh Africa’s legacy will not be defined by outdated prejudices or external narratives, but by the unyielding strength, resilience, and determination of its people....
By Yaw Kissi “If China did this, the world would scream. If Russia attempted it, headlines would flood every news cycle. But when France does it,...
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 Dishant Shah For decades, Africa has stood as a central recipient of Western aid, with over US$1 trillion in foreign assistance flowing into the continent...
By Danilo Desiderio In 1959, American anthropologist George Murdock created an ethnic map of Africa, illustrating the continent’s diverse ethnic distribution based on the resources and...
