By Daki Nkanyane The world is sorting itself into camps again. Africa is being asked – sometimes diplomatically, sometimes with barely disguised coercion – to pick...
By Kingsely Moghalu Even before the rapid, ongoing reconfiguration of global order, Africa was always mostly on the menu – not at the table. That African...
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 Ronald Sanders Sovereignty is supposedly the cornerstone of international order: the formal declaration that every state has the right to govern itself, protect its territory,...
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,...
By Ronald Sanders For decades, the international community has invoked a “rules-based order” as if law alone governed global affairs. In truth, power has always written...
By Gregory Simpkins When the United Nations General Assembly reconvened in September, there was a renewed call for Africa to assume at least one permanent seat...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In May 2011, I was a Political Science student at the University of Ghana when news broke that Osama bin Laden had...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Eritrea: Honestly, I wasn’t even asking for the spotlight. Chad: Hey, I just held an election not too long ago. And wait...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu More than a year after this piece was first written, the presence of the Gulf states in Africa has become increasingly pronounced....
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 Michelle Hadebe Last week, US President Donald Trump expelled South Africa’s ambassador, giving him 72 hours to depart. This wasn’t just another diplomatic disagreement –...
By Gregory Simpkins The United States and Israel have floated the idea of moving Palestinians from Gaza to East Africa so that peace will allow for...
