AFRICA
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Growing concern that the push for U.S. recognition of Somaliland will lead to civil war in Somaliland
By Dr. Karl Von Batten Over the years, the U.S. has enacted policies and initiated government actions focused on Africa…
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Renewed violence in Darfur: an unstable Sudan
24 April 2022 saw renewed violence in the Darfur Provence of Sudan between Arab militias and the indigenous tribes of…
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ECOWAS and African Union need to investigate Moura’s massacre
By Kester Kenn Klomegah With a population of nearly 20 million people, the Republic of Mali is a landlocked country…
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Turning the other cheek for Will Smith
By Azu Ishiekwene One week before Hollywood, Nigeria hosted a different kind of Oscar moment. At the swearing-in ceremony of…
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: Africa concerned about consequences for the continent’s economy
By Kester Kenn Klomegah In an emailed interview with IDN’s Kester Kenn Klomegah, Dr Mohamed Chtatou, a senior professor of…
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The prospect of war on the Nile
By Alexander Allen and William Christiansen, Ph.D., Mount St. Mary’s University Background on the GERD Dispute Despite repeated threats of armed…
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Africa and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Azu Ishiekwene War is messy and never fails to spread responsive misery. When Adolf Hitler asked for safe passage to…
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The slow construction of Africa’s Great Green Wall
By Leah Garden The Sahel region of Africa runs across the width of the continent, covering several unique ecosystems as…
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Why husbands often die first
By Azu Ishiekwene My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I’ll die before her. I’ve hardly paid…
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Chinese debt in Africa
By Geoff Hill Near Nairobi in the lead-up to Christmas, young men with axes, machetes and shovels were busy clearing…
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