How Africa Can Stop Absorbing the World’s Crises
The next crisis is impossible to predict. It may stem from a geopolitical flashpoint, a currency fluctuation, a climate event, or an unforeseen conflict. Its origin matters less than the…
How a Digital Lie Ignited Real-World Terror for Belfast’s Somali Diaspora
Fleeing war and instability, they sought peace in Northern Ireland. Instead, they found themselves hunted in the streets...
Ankara’s Blind Spots in the Somali Quagmire
Turkey, enticed by the promise of lucrative resource deals and strategic influence, now finds itself deeply entangled in a Somali quagmire of its own making.
Senegal’s Political Crisis: From Brotherhood to Institutional Showdown
Less than two years after their revolutionary alliance brought down the old regime, Senegal’s two most powerful men—President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko—are locked in a full-blown institutional crisis.
Living on the Edge: The Somali Struggle in South Africa’s Xenophobia Storm
Today, the Somali dream in South Africa is increasingly being written in blood.
The African Solution: Why Somalia Is Looking to Burkina Faso to Fight Terror
The written message from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, was brief but urgent: We face the same enemy. Let’s fight it together.
Turkey’s Somali Oil Gamble: Partnership or Paternalism?
As the Turkish drillship Çağrı Bey bores into a potential 10-billion-barrel well off Somalia’s coast—escorted by Turkish F-16s and frigates—a fierce debate erupts: Is this a strategic alliance, or a…
The Ankara-Mogadishu Axis: Partnership, Profits, and Peril
What began as a humanitarian overture amid famine has since evolved into one of Africa's most consequential bilateral relationships—a multifaceted partnership spanning military bases, offshore energy exploration, ...