Morocco: Stagnation as the four-year wait for ECOWAS persists
By Nina Kozlowski “Morocco is not in a hurry,” officials often say. But four years after the country applied to join…
West Africa: Rethinking military aid, international response to coups
By Alexander John Thurston The latest coup in Burkina Faso is the fourth in Africa’s Sahel region in less than 18…
AFRICOM Commander, Gen.Townsend ‘not satisfied’ with US record in Africa
Army General Stephen Townsend, the commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM)
COVID-19 cases surpass 400 million as Omicron grips world
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious Omicron variant dominates…
Hushpuppi: Abba Kyari’s likely extradition gathers momentum as US liaises with Nigeria
By Tayo Olu Nigerian deputy police commissioner, Abba Kyari, may soon be extradited to the United States, prosecuted, and convicted…
The gold medal for foreign policy goes to Germany
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Africans need more seats at the tables of power
•Turn the G-20 into the G-21 by adding the African Union. By Hannah Ryder From the G-20 to the United Nations,…
US AFRICOM commander warns African defence chiefs against coups
•Urges them to “stay out of politics” •US Cuts aid to Burkina Faso By Julian Pecquet The top US military commander…
Mali accuses France of spying, dividing country as tension heightens
Mali has accused France’s military of deliberately dividing the West African country and of committing espionage during its fight against…
Why the war in Ukraine could reshape the European nuclear order
Russia nuclear missile