Coups: Why UN Security Council is toothless
•Why the UN Security Council Stumbles in Responding to Coups More often than not, calculations of realpolitik hold the UN…
AU Opens Post-Conflict Center To Help Countries Escape Cycle Of Violence
By ADF Staff To improve the political stability of African nations, the African Union recently launched its Centre for Post-Conflict…
Burkina Faso: Coup d’état fears grow with President Kaboré’s location uncertain
By Jeune Afrique Is a coup d’état underway in Burkina? Contradictory information is circulating after the mutinies that have agitated several…
Chinese Vaccines: Distributions in Africa remain highly skewed in favour of North Africa
By The ChinaAfrica Project As of this week, China has distributed 117.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines throughout with just…
Again, USAfricom Commander claims China is planning Atlantic military base
By Eric Olander The commander for U.S. forces in Africa (AFRICOM), General Stephen J. Townsend reiterated his assertion that China…
Day after Russia attacks…
•What War in Ukraine Would Look Like—and How America Should Respond By Alexander Vindman and Dominic Cruz Bustillos (Foreign Policy) Despite…
France to partner Borno on Agriculture, Education
•As French Ambassador meets Gov Zulum Mukaila Ola The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Emmanuelle Bultmann said her country plans…
US, Nigeria sign historic agreement to protect Nigerian cultural heritage
Mukaila Ola The United States and Nigeria have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that launches a Cultural Property…
China ramps up efforts to control media narrative in Africa
By ADF STAFF The outbreak of COVID-19 has led China to supercharge its nearly 14-year propaganda effort in Africa, increasing…
China-Africa: $254b-worth trade in 2021 breaks all-time record
By Eric Olander Two-way China-Africa trade surged last year to a new record of $254 billion, an impressive $67 billion increase…