Politics & Security
Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations
Africa’s current state of ‘underdevelopment’ is directly related to the fact that millions of Africans did not die, suffer and become dispossessed in wars of state formation and expansion. Read more. Read More...
An Irony of History The Complicated Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo
Peer, predecessor or successor, Awolowo’s unequivocal articulation of a clear and consistent political ideology places him above anyone else in Nigeria’s political history. Read more. Read More...
A New Imperialism? Russia-Africa Relations in the Twenty-First Century
Rekindled Russian interest in Africa is driven not by ideology as it was in the decolonization era but by pragmatism and Russia’s geo-economic interests. Read More...
The Dynamic Evolution of Russo-African Relations Africa’s Struggle for Agency in a New Power Tussle
Russia is on a charm offensive in Africa and seeks to position itself as a strategic alternative to America’s global hegemony, China’s opaque economic diplomacy, and the dark legacies of Africa’s former colonizers. Read more. Read More...
A New Doctrine? Understanding Russia and the New Scramble for Africa
Russia’s interest in Africa has been re-ignited by the clear opportunity to establish influence in a region that is increasingly becoming vulnerable to a renewed global scramble for its resources. Read more. Read More...
The Kremlin’s North African Gateway? Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia’s Interest in Morocco
A revanchist Russia, viewing North Africa as a gateway to expanded influence, has started positioning itself as a non-Western alternative for African states. Read more. Read More...
A New Scramble in the Horn of Africa The Multipolar Contest for Africa’s Eastern Region
Will the return of foreign avarice and ambition undermine the hard-fought sovereignty and emergent unity and stability that has slowly spread across the Horn in the past fifteen years? Or could the region stand to benefit from the rush of new interest and attention that a ‘new scramble’ might offer? Read more. Read More...
Kremlin’s Renewed Interest Russia’s Emerging Threat to Elections in Africa
Past incidents of Russian online interference in elections are enough proof that Africa should not underestimate foreign interests in spreading disinformation. Read more. Read More...
Forced, Stigmatized and Misunderstood Almajirai and Boko Haram beyond the Victim-Perpetrator Binary
This widespread begging practice within almajiranci, combined with lower prospects for alms-giving due to a constrained local economy, leads to almajirai being out on the streets for longer. This, in turn, leaves them vulnerable and prone to exploitation by terrorist groups such as Boko Haram. Read more. Read More...
‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion
Why are end-time conspiracy theories attributing the spread of COVID-19 to the 5G network and a proposed global world order gaining momentum? Read more. Read More...
