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…
Abiy’s Ethiopia: Ballots in the Capital, Bullets in the Regions
Long before dawn broke over Addis Ababa on June 1, queues of voters had already formed outside polling stations across the Ethiopian capital.
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.
The Coordinated Strike That Failed to Break Mali
On April 25, 2026, Mali faced its most complex security challenge in over a decade. Before dawn, explosions and heavy gunfire rippled across more than 1,000 kilometres of territory...
Sudan’s War Without Borders: Covert Alliances and a Shadow Conflict
As Sudan’s war enters its fourth year, what began as a hopeful popular uprising has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
The Strategic Mirage: Why Djibouti’s “Stability” Is the Horn’s Most Dangerous Illusion
President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) prepares to secure his sixth term on April 10th, the "Landlord of the Horn" is finding that his tightrope is fraying...
Somalia’s Quiet Entanglement in Sudan’s War
Somalia has not officially chosen a side in Sudan’s civil war. Yet, through silence and deniability, it finds itself entangled in the conflict...
Stability, According to Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG), Djibouti’s immovable president, has once again granted an interview — an exercise he indulges in from time to time, with the self-assurance of a man convinced…