Martin Jay: Ukraine faces another corruption scandal
The recent corruption scandal in Ukraine has been making the headlines in the western press with some enlightened so-called ‘experts’...
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Lorenzo Maria Pacini: US-China rivalry in the twenty-first century
The competition between the United States and China is not the first major rivalry between powers to raise the issue...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: The threats to food and water in North Africa
In North Africa, the consequences of a warming planet are no longer a distant threat. They have morphed into a...
Osman Mirghani: The risks of a short truce in Sudan
The stories emerging from El Fasher would make children's hair turn grey. According to the Yale School of Public Health,...
Maxwell Gomera: It is time to give Africans a stake in African growth
When e-commerce company Jumia wanted to go public in 2019, Africa’s most celebrated start-up didn’t list in Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali or...
Martin Jay: Sanctions backfire and the West pays the price
Does anyone believe that Trump’s international economic strategy has any merit whatsoever? Can we really assume that he knows what...
Carlos Lopes: Why Africa matters at COP30
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be the first to take place in the Amazon, sending a...
Joaquin Flores: EU leaders gamble with the Union’s future
Europe now faces a stark choice forced by its disastrous war policy against Russia: either allow the EU to successfully...
Dario Cristiani: Haftar’s succession and Türkiye’s rise in Libya
October 20 marked the 14th anniversary of the death of Muammar Qadhafi, the Libyan “Brother Leader” who ruled the country...
Martin Jay: Why Russia moving closer to Morocco is a win-win
Finally, as we head towards Christmas during the first year of Trump’s second term, it would seem that the Moroccan...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Sudan’s conflict and the future of modern warfare
The war in Sudan is not an anomaly; it is a prototype. A conflict that has directly killed at least...
Ian Proud: Europe faces the rising cost of Ukraine’s war
In yet another shift from European leaders, the strategy now towards the war is ‘keeping Ukraine in the fight’. However,...
Lorenzo Maria Pacini: China’s rare earth war reshapes world order
When you become the world’s largest economic power, you have to be prepared for a battle. China is ready to...
Dr Ebere Okereke: The future of healthcare in Africa after USAID
The retreat of the United States from global health has left more than a funding gap; it has exposed the...
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Building a Middle East-Africa growth axis
In recent years, Gulf states have increasingly sought to diversify their investments beyond the Middle East, eyeing promising opportunities across...
