Africa

02.06.2023

Drought Continues to Plague the Horn of Africa

Incessant drought trends in the Horn of Africa are worse than they were in the last 40 years of famine which killed thousands of people and caused an increase in food crisis due to consecutive years of low rainfall. The Horn of Africa region have …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

05.05.2023

Mali Raises Russian Flag ousting UN Peacekeepers

Citizens of Mali on Friday 28th April gathered in Mali’s capital Bamako, waving Russian flags in a protest against the inability of UN’s peace keeping mission MINUSMA to resolve the lingering crisis in Mali since its intervention in 2013. The protesters who decried the deplorable …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

27.04.2023

“Power Tussle” as Sudan Military Clashes with the RSF

Political strife and constant clashes over who heads the military welding more control in Sudan have continued to derail the course of transition into civilian rule thereby crushing the hopes of the common citizens who wish to experience a fresh breath of Democracy and freedom …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

26.04.2023

African Passion

War in Sudan as a continuation of Western and U.S. policy to oust Russia from the position of a leading geopolitical player on the world stage. While the attention of the world is riveted on the special military operation in Ukraine, reports have come in …

Aleksey Malyan

20.04.2023

Is China’s Economic Policy in Africa Setting the Stage for Global Order?

China-Africa relationship continues to grow Surpassing the US and becoming the largest trading partner in Africa. China’s Presence has been felt in Africa for decades and majorly becoming an economic partner of sub-Saharan African Countries with its economic activities resulting in an overall increase in …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

13.04.2023

German ambassador expelled from Chad

African heads of state have become more independent and do not like the West telling them how to live. Admittedly, I had a very vague idea about this country. Mostly through lines from Gumilev's poem: "So listen to me: far away, on the shores of …

Igor Iavlianskiy

11.04.2023

Kamala Harris Visits Africa: A Move to Strengthen US-African Economic Ties

The US vice president kicked off a historic trip to Africa on Sunday 26th March 2023, to strengthen economic ties with African countries. Kamala Harris during her weeklong trip visited Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. She said that the United States is committed towards increasing investments …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

30.03.2023

Nigeria elections 2023: incidences of violence, killings, voter suppression across the country

Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, comprising the presidential, National Assembly, Gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections greeted the citizens and the international community with an unprecedented level of electoral malpractices, incidences of violence, voter suppression, intimidations and varying degrees of physical attacks on voters and …

Uzochukwu Margaret Akpa

15.03.2023

So who are these people and where did they come from?

The situation in Tunisia is paradoxical. A country from which thousands of people migrate to Europe is itself struggling with migrants. "Do not go outside before March 6 until things calm down. This horror existed before, and now it's scary in general. All of you …

Maksim Chikin

01.03.2023

Macron goes to Africa to save France's reputation

The French leadership concluded that it is urgent to go to Africa and save the situation. More precisely, it was necessary the day before yesterday. Now the presence - political and economic - of Russia and China is becoming quite evident. And that means the …

Maksim Chikin

14.12.2022

The USA remembered about Africa

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text Washington suddenly called an African summit. The last Africa-USA summit was organized by President Obama. But he just knew a lot about the question. It was already in 2014. Trump did not hide his …

Maksim Chikin

28.07.2022

Generals of Eternal Career

Note: this is a machine translation from the original Russian text The juntas of the countries of West Africa, it seems, are not going to leave Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso have suffered four coups in less than the last two years. The Community of …

Maksim Chikin