Nile dam is just a false pretext for Egypt to pressure Ethiopia
Egypt considers itself an aspiring hegemon that expects to wield transregional influence over North Africa, East Africa, and the Levant. It feels challenged by Ethiopia’s...
Year : 2022
Kenya’s election: Elites vs the rule of law
By Augost 2, 2022 Kagure Gacheche Kenya is no stranger to highly contested elections. Several of the country’s past polls have seen high levels...
Don’t Touch Me! Benin’s Official Wipes Himself Up After Macron’s Touch
Sally Shakkour August 1st, 2022 – 06:42 GMT A video of the president of Benin Patrice Talon next to government official Aurelien Agbenonci, an official, from...
Massacres in Melilla and Libya: nothing new on European borders
15 July 2022 By Anna Bailey-Morley, Laia Aycart-Piquer, Gonzalo Fanjul Despite increasing evidence of European states violating international law and employing violence against migrants...
Who Represents Whom? A Conversation on Decolonizing Humanitarian Governance
By Patrick Saez, Merryn Lagaida, and Rose Worden July 31, 2022 The Black Lives Matter movement, #AidToo, and the failure to support locally-led responses...
Urgent support needed for millions of Somali children
July 30, 2022 Hunger and drought in Somalia are destroying livelihoods and have forced more than 800,000 people to flee their homes, with more...
New treatment, new hope: An end to living with Vitiligo?
Ingy Deif, Friday 29 Jul 2022 Millions around the world and in Egypt who are living with Vitiligo — a condition that causes patches of...
Will Russia’s overtures beneficial to Africa?
Russia’s reach to Africa aims to portray as an unencumbered great power that conducts business as usual despite Western sanctions By Joseph Siegle July 27,...
Africa Taken for ‘Neo-Colonial’ Ride
July 28, 2022 By Anis Chowdhury, Jomo Kwame Sundaram Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism...
The West has a moral obligation to pay reparations
Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands...