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,...
Opinion
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...
Nanjala Nyabola: Democracy in East Africa must be saved
Last week, Ugandan lawyer Agather Atuhaire was finally set free five days after she was detained by the Tanzanian police for unclear...
Jack Dennison-Thompson: Syria’s al-Sharaa, the West’s Dangerous Gamble
Syria has long been an outsider to the West, a country that has been sanctioned heavily and kept at a...
Osman Mirghani: Will the Sudanese people see peace at last?
It is difficult to get the Sudanese people to agree on any political question. Continuous debate, unending disputes, and entrenched...
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...
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...
