By Fidel Amakye Owusu For decades, two African states have occupied a peculiar category in the minds of diplomats and investors alike: too poor to prioritize,...
By Gregory Simpkins Unfortunately, the African continent is abounding in conflicts. Africa’s Sahel region is the most active jihadist theater globally, but many other areas are...
By Gregory Simpkins The Sudan war that started April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support...
Gold, not just geopolitics, is what keeps Sudan's civil war burning.
Houthi missile strikes on Israel are reviving the strategic logic behind a little-noticed diplomatic gambit - and the Horn of Africa may pay the price.
By Gregory Simpkins Global conflicts and policy shifts inevitably affect Africa and its Diaspora. In the current expanding conflict in the Middle East, economist Kasirim Nwuke,...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson When Egyptian deputy transport minister Hossam El-Din Mustafa announced in November 2025 that roughly 80 percent of the Cairo-Cape Town Highway had 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 Gregory Simpkins Tragically, there is widespread conflict on the continent of Africa. However, none have been quite as vicious and brutal as what has been...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Efforts to broker peace in Sudan are faltering once again. Despite renewed pledges to revive the stalled Jeddah talks, violence continues to...
By Gregory Simpkins In a period of intense currency volatility, gold has become a hedge for many including in the Diaspora, creating a 21st century gold...
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...
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...
