Tafi Mhaka: Trump’s rhetoric could break Nigeria
In early November, United States President Donald Trump declared that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria”. In a...
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Martin Jay: The ‘Russian threat’ narrative conceals Ukraine’s graft
If there has ever been a twisted dichotomy of logic, it was always the West calling for bigger defence spending...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libya’s war on women
Libya’s woes are often described in terms of armed factions, oil, kleptocracy, and the collapse of governance. Yet one of...
Zaid M. Belbagi: Why water security defines MENA’s future
The Middle East and North Africa region’s battle against water scarcity has never been more urgent. As climate change escalates,...
Fergus Kell: Tanzania’s elections test the nation’s future
Tanzania will never be the same again after the violence that engulfed its October elections. A crackdown on protesters by security services –...
Martin Jay: The EU’s fantasy of funding Ukraine
There is an EU document in which it is stated there “is a problem with the financing of Ukraine”. No...
Osman Mirghani: Cutting off Sudan’s mercenary supply line
The American administration’s decision to impose sanctions on the network recruiting Colombian mercenaries to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces...
UN chief warns funding crisis is jeopardising operations
Top UN human rights chief warned on December 10 that the organisation’s ability to respond to global crises is being...
Guinea-Bissau charter blocks interim leaders from running
Guinea-Bissau’s ruling military council has approved a yearlong transition charter that prohibits the interim president and prime minister from taking...
Mohamed Chebaro: EU migration reform faces uphill start
As if the EU as a bloc or Europe’s nation states needed the latest US National Security Strategy to add...
Andrew Hammond: Macron seeks reset in China ties
French President Emmanuel Macron recently travelled to China for what was technically a bilateral state visit. However, he has higher...
Ukraine: Zelensky visits London amid corruption scandal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spent December 8 in London with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany. The gathering was...
Andreas Krieg: The UAE fuelled Sudan’s war, now it must end it
The fall of el-Fasher has done more than redraw the map of western Sudan. It has crystallised a truth long visible to...
Marc Owen Jones: Why the far-right can’t quit Qatar
Qatar is not a big country, but lately it occupies an astonishing amount of space in the imagination of a...
South African radio presenter accused of recruiting fighters for Russia
South African authorities are grappling with an expanding pattern of suspected recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as a state...
