International Affairs
How France Secretly Poisoned the Algerian Sahara
Between 1960 and 1966, the French colonial regime secretly detonated four atmospheric and 13 underground nuclear bombs and conducted tests of nuclear technologies in the Algerian Sahara. This secret atomic programme spread radioactive fallout and caused irreversible contamination across Algeria, the Sahara, Africa and elsewhere. Read More...
The Development Zone That Never Was?
When the Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) was established in 2001, it was expected to become a profitable offshore oil-producing area. But nearly 25 years later, the project has proven to largely be a white elephant. Read More...
Is the African Union a Symbol of Waning Pan-Africanism?
In the wake of tumultuous geopolitical policies and an increasingly multipolar world, pan-Africanism today struggles to evoke the spirit of comradeship that it used to. Read More...
Building a Pro-Regional Coalition in Nigeria
ECOWAS has underperformed in its trade integration and crisis response mandates. Nigeria has to step up its game in improving effective regional cooperation in West Africa. To accomplish this, a strong pro-regional coalition and ideology need to be formed in the country. Read More...
Who Dey Fear Donald Trump?
Our latest issue, Who Dey Fear Donald Trump?, assesses Africa’s global positioning in the new Trumpian era of multipolarity. Read More...
African Cooperation in the Age of Anti-Globalization
Unlike nineteenth-century multipolarity where Africa had limited internal interaction and post-colonial bipolarity when South Africa was under apartheid, the present state of multipolarity under anti-globalization may create sufficient pressure and open up a window for Africa’s powers to pursue closer partnerships with each other. Read More...
Africa’s Opportunity in the Trumpian Age of American Transactionalism
Amid Trump’s disruptive return, Africa isn’t just reacting—it’s recalibrating. The continent has the opportunity to turn Washington’s unpredictability into a strategic advantage. Read More...
Africa and the Politics of Foreign Aid
President Donald Trump’s major changes to the United States’ foreign aid programmes have put Africa in a position where the continent has to question its place in a multipolar world order and strive for its own growth. Read More...
The Bronze Cracks in ECOWAS’s Golden Jubilee
As ECOWAS marks its 50th anniversary, the regional union faces remarkable successes and daunting challenges that have raised questions about its future. Read More...
Is President William Ruto Facing a Global Publicity Crisis?
As domestic unrest in Kenya grows, President William Ruto’s carefully crafted global image is unravelling. Internal discontent is eroding Ruto’s international standing, which can potentially damage Kenya’s position as a regional sanctuary. Read More...
