Will a more feminine touch do the trick for Africa?
Data from UN Women show that as of 10 January 2024, there are 26 countries where 28 women serve as...
Saudi Arabia joins the Africa Scramble – But what’s in it for the continent?
Oil giant Saudi Arabia has started eying Africa like never before. The Kingdom hosted a Saudi-Arab-African economic conference in Riyadh...
Russian boots on Burkina Faso soil: Putin takes Moscow-Africa ties to dizzying heights
On Wednesday, 24 January 2024, African Initiatives, a Kremlin-connected media outlet, reported the landing of 100 Russian soldiers in Ouagadougou,...
Is Africa trapped in China’s ‘New Silk Road’ debt?
On 28 November 2023, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, expressed grave concern over Africa's...
Has Africa become Putin’s willing pawn in Russia’s proxy war against Western democracies’ business interests on the continent?
BBC Newsnight & BBC Eye Investigations reported in the last third of February 2024 that Russia is offering governments in...
Africa is too blessed to be poor, yet she is: What went wrong and how can the continent cultivate prosperity?
At the second edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues on Thursday, 25 January 2024, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo...
Senegal election delay: Sall’s constitutional coup or democracy-saving move?
Had Senegal gone to the polls on 25 February 2024, as the West African country had earlier scheduled until President...
Whither ECOWAS after Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso withdrawal?
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three West African countries that are currently being led by military juntas, announced their collective...
The politics of global warming, climate change national development
In recent times, the issue of climate change has become not only topical but a major security and existentialist issue...
Burkina Faso: Russia officially back on favourable grounds
Russian diplomacy has been making itself felt in Burkina Faso since the last quarter of 2022. It all began when...
