Dan Jones: Kalashnikovs, coups, and foreign powers in the Sahel
The Sahel used to be the world’s diplomatic screensaver: always on, rarely noticed. Sand, goats, and the occasional French officer...
Grace Sharp
Ziyad Motala: The West’s hollow recognition of Palestine
On 21 September 2025, Britain, Canada, and Australia announced their recognition of a Palestinian state. The announcement was trumpeted as...
Martin Jay: Trump’s attack on satire is no laughing matter
Barely a heartbeat after black columnist Karen Attiah was fired from her position of opinion editor at the Washington Post...
Khaled Abou Zahr: End of Francafrique calls for new EU-Africa plan
In “The Sun Always Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” This also...
Ukraine calls on Western allies to invest billions in defence industry
With NATO membership remaining out of reach, Ukraine’s Western allies have embraced an alternative strategy: investing billions in the country’s...
Shimukunku Manchishi: Africa’s response to US tariffs
US President Donald Trump’s misnamed “reciprocal” tariffs represent a major shift in American trade policy, replacing the multilateral approach that...
Osman Mirghani: Sudan’s ‘parallel’ government is doomed
In recent weeks, the debate over the so-called “parallel government” returned to the fore in Sudan. In an attempt to...
Militants kill 22 villagers during ceremony in Niger
Gunmen on motorbikes killed 22 villagers in western Niger during an attack on September 15, most of them gathered for...
EU industry struggles as China restricts rare earth exports
European companies are facing deeper uncertainty as China maintains strict control over rare earth exports, despite a July pledge to...
Bruno Waterfield: suppressing debate is eroding our democracy
From a free speech activist assassinated in America to a Jewish conductor cancelled in Flanders, our democratic traditions and freedom...
Osama Abuzaid: Sudan’s ‘government of hope’ loses faith
When former UN official Kamil Idris was sworn in as Sudan’s new prime minister this spring, he became the first person to...
Trump calls on NATO to ban Russian oil, threatens China tariffs
United States President Donald Trump declared on September 13 that the Russia-Ukraine war could be ended if NATO members stopped...
Hassan Al Mustafa: Arms extend beyond security and politics
Restricting armament to the state constitutes the central challenge of the Arab world. It is not merely a security and...
Drone strikes escalate as Russia and Ukraine intensify attacks
Russia reported that its forces intercepted 221 Ukrainian drones on the night of September 11, one of the largest recorded...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Algeria enforces Europe’s southern frontier
The migration dynamics between Algeria and Spain are a brutal convergence of geopolitical bargaining, externalised border controls, and human desperation....
