Carlos Lopes: Africa’s debt crisis can be solved by leveraging capital
Like many other multilateral forums, the upcoming Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development may well produce impressive declarations and...
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Iman Zayat: Arab historic leaders still leave their imprint on nations today
Reading the memoirs of those who lived alongside figures such as Hosni Mubarak, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Saddam Hussein...
Tafi Mhaka: Bill Gates Africa initiative won’t solve bad governance
On June 2 while addressing an audience in the Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa,...
Martin Jay: Israel’s strike against Iran could expose US to war
Israel has carried out a “pre-emptive” strike against Iran’s military infrastructure – both its nuclear facilities and its ballistic missile...
Yassin K. Fawaz: Muammar Gadhafi rule still haunts Libya
In October 2011, Muammar Gadhafi, one of the world’s most flamboyant and feared dictators, was captured and killed by rebels...
Nkosana Sithole kaMiya: Social media shrouds Congo and Sudan from sight
In a world increasingly shaped by the flickering images of social media, the pain of others has become a form...
Jean Sovon: African former presidents on trial – good or bad governance?
In Africa, many former presidents are being held to account by their countries’ justice systems, but is this a sign...
Dr. Nadia Helmy: China is capitalising on Iran-Egypt relations
China is counting heavily on Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s visit to Cairo. Beijing opposes the expansion of the conflict...
Tafi Mhaka: Malema “Kill the Boer” chant is a cry for change
On May 25, Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), closed his campaign rally at...
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: Rwanda-DRC peace deal must listen to minority voices
More than three decades after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda plunged the African Great Lakes region into...
Tom O’Connor: Iran could be the answer to Trump’s nuclear venture
With the United States and Iran having held five rounds of talks on potentially striking a new nuclear agreement, one...
Martin Jay: EU interference with Romanian elections claimed by Durov
Whilst pointing the finger and claiming that Russia interfered with the first, initial round of Romania’s presidential elections in December...
Oussama Romdhani: Libya threatened by foreign competition
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s meeting on May 10 at the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin drew attention once more...
Adesewa Olofinko: African-European Unions’ meeting in Brussels explained
On May 21, 2025, the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) convened in Brussels for their third ministerial meeting,...
Batseba Seifu: African Union is silent amongst Libyan suffering
In 2025, as the African Union (AU) heralds a bold theme—“Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”—a...
