Tafi Mhaka: What Cyril Ramaphosa should have said to Trump
On May 21, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stunned the world by announcing that his government had officially granted refugee...
Opinion
Patrick Gathara: Traditional values mask colonial discourse in Africa
Across Africa, debates about cultural preservation and traditional values are increasingly being influenced by forces that promote conservative social agendas rooted in colonial...
Khalil Charles: Sudanese army triumph is a big step towards peace
The Governor of Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minawi, announced on May 18th that the Sudanese army and allied Joint Forces...
Erkin Oncan: The West may reach an agreement with Russia over Libya
The world’s attention has turned to Istanbul with hopes for a ceasefire in the more-than-three-year war between Russia and Ukraine....
Abdulrauf El-Geroshi: Assassination of Gheniwa sparks further Libya tensions
Recurring clashes in Tripoli On 12 May 2025, Tripoli was rocked by violent clashes following the assassination of Abdul Ghani...
Jean Sovon: Mauritania deports large flow of Sub-Saharan migrants
Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are being detained and deported from Mauritania. Some members of civil society in Mauritania...
Dr Mustafa Fetouri: Tripoli riots compromise Libya’s stability
Clashes erupted rather suddenly in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, underscoring the fragile security situation in the country. The violence which involved...
Martin Jay: Ursula von der Leyen will prove the demise of the EU
Things are getting a bit out of hand in Brussels as the elite panic like never before. Now they’re talking...
Dan Jones: Libya is confronting intelligence wars shaped by hidden agendas
Libya is a battleground, just not in the way most people think. The country is a chessboard for intelligence services,...
Daniel Haile: Russia’s bases in Africa are a strategic foothold for expansion
Russia’s naval base in Sudan, situated on the Red Sea, is a calculated geopolitical and geoeconomic move designed to secure...
Nabila Ramdani: Why Algeria commemorates VE day
Eighty years since the end of the Second World War in Europe will be commemorated all over the world on...
Aïssa Christophe Agostini: The need for a Morocco-Israel-US investment fund
The Abraham Accords, the landmark agreement to establish official relations between Israel and a number of its Arab neighbors in...
Martin Jay: Is recent FT article a ploy by EU to warn Trump of Netanyahu?
The recent opinion piece from the Financial Times (FT) which, in a nutshell, argues that the West should be ashamed...
Ezra Nnko: The nationalisation of natural resources in the Sahel
On 4th December 2024, Orano, a French nuclear firm owning 63 percent of the Somair mine in Niger, released a...
Raphael Machado: Russia’s Victory Day highlights German atrocities in WW2
As we approach the 2025 Victory Day commemoration, it is worth reflecting on what the Soviet people – along with...
