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Is the Spate of African Coups Affecting the French Economy?
Olayinka Ajala9 November 2025

Is the Spate of African Coups Affecting the French Economy?

Since 2021, France has witnessed a decline in economic growth. A key question is whether France’s ailing economy has any connection to the recent spate of coups and subsequent loss of key long-term allies in Francophone Africa.
Rethinking the United Nations’ Role in Africa’s Development
Ayomide Johnson2 November 2025

Rethinking the United Nations’ Role in Africa’s Development

The United Nations’ celebration of its 80th anniversary provides an opportunity to investigate the institution’s involvement in Africa and analyze an age-old academic question that has made its way into mainstream consciousness: Does the UN prioritize locally defined African needs or external northe
Is the United Nations Going South?
Unyime Eyo26 October 2025

Is the United Nations Going South?

With waning multilateralism, the United Nations is experimenting with new geographies, relocating agencies to cities in the global South. Can a strategy born of austerity also reshape legitimacy and influence?

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After Bandung
After Bandung
Otobong Inieke12 October 2025
Exactly 70 years ago, African and Asian states gathered to imagine a world beyond empire. Their dream of solidarity—its failures and achievements—still haunts global politics.
Liberia’s Complex Relationship with the United States
Liberia’s Complex Relationship with the United States
Dounard Bondo14 September 2025
Since its founding in 1847, the story of Africa’s oldest republic, Liberia, has been entwined with that of the United States. Centuries later, in 2025, is Liberia’s relationship with America one of neo-imperialism or fair partnership?
How Technology Preserves the Legacy of Colonialism Across Africa
How Technology Preserves the Legacy of Colonialism Across Africa
Elias Gbadamosi24 August 2025
The parallels between colonialism and bias in modern technology offer an instructive analysis that reveals how contemporary digital infrastructures perpetuate colonial power even as they claim to connect the world and advance social justice issues.
China's Golden 'Palace Diplomacy' in West Africa
China's Golden 'Palace Diplomacy' in West Africa
Chidinma Rita Nebolisa24 August 2025
The emerging Chinese-funded ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja has sparked attention on the possibilities ahead for China’s bolstered relations with the subregion. What’s in it for West African states?

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After Bandung
OTOBONG INIEKEOCTOBER 12, 2025

After Bandung

Exactly 70 years ago, African and Asian states gathered to imagine a world beyond empire. Their dream of solidarity—its failures and achievements—still haunts global politics.
Liberia’s Complex Relationship with the United States
DOUNARD BONDOSEPTEMBER 14, 2025

Liberia’s Complex Relationship with the United States

Since its founding in 1847, the story of Africa’s oldest republic, Liberia, has been entwined with that of the United States. Centuries later, in 2025, is Liberia’s relationship with America one of neo-imperialism or fair partnership?
How Technology Preserves the Legacy of Colonialism Across Africa
ELIAS GBADAMOSIAUGUST 24, 2025

How Technology Preserves the Legacy of Colonialism Across Africa

The parallels between colonialism and bias in modern technology offer an instructive analysis that reveals how contemporary digital infrastructures perpetuate colonial power even as they claim to connect the world and advance social justice issues.
China's Golden 'Palace Diplomacy' in West Africa
CHIDINMA RITA NEBOLISAAUGUST 24, 2025

China's Golden 'Palace Diplomacy' in West Africa

The emerging Chinese-funded ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja has sparked attention on the possibilities ahead for China’s bolstered relations with the subregion. What’s in it for West African states?
Is Ibrahim Traoré the Pan-Africanist Africa Needs?
NICHOLAS KIMBLEAUGUST 24, 2025

Is Ibrahim Traoré the Pan-Africanist Africa Needs?

In a period of dwindling pan-Africanism, Ibrahim Traoré has risen as one of Africa’s most favourite leaders, raising questions about whether he represents a new breed of pan-Africanism.
The Hidden Cost of Travelling Around West Africa
FELIX CONTEHAUGUST 10, 2025

The Hidden Cost of Travelling Around West Africa

As a West African seeking to move freely within my own region, I was subjected to extortion, while non-Africans enjoyed the very freedom that should inherently be ours.

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The West Wants Africa’s Resources, Not Its People
Anthonia Osonye3 August 2025

The West Wants Africa’s Resources, Not Its People

The growing anti-immigration policies in the West against Africans are a wake-up call for Africa to focus on developing its continent by using its resources to better the lives of its people.
Has South Africa Overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s Giant?
Steven Gruzd26 July 2025

Has South Africa Overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s Giant?

Nigeria’s silence in the global community contrasts markedly with South Africa’s vibrancy, begging us to ask if Pretoria’s influence has eclipsed Abuja’s regional leadership.
How France Secretly Poisoned the Algerian Sahara
Samia Henni20 July 2025

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.
The Development Zone That Never Was?
Gerhard Seibert6 July 2025

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.
Is the African Union a Symbol of Waning Pan-Africanism?
Afolabi Adekaiyaoja8 June 2025

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.
Building a Pro-Regional Coalition in Nigeria
Abel B. S. Gaiya25 May 2025

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.
Who Dey Fear Donald Trump?
Wale Lawal22 May 2025

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.
African Cooperation in the Age of Anti-Globalization
Abel B. S. Gaiya22 May 2025

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 clos
Africa’s Opportunity in the Trumpian Age of American Transactionalism
Andréa Ngombet22 May 2025

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.
Africa and the Politics of Foreign Aid
Blessing Simura22 May 2025

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.
The Bronze Cracks in ECOWAS’s Golden Jubilee
Chinyere Rita Agu PhD22 May 2025

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.