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While initially driven by financial gain as hired protectors, Lukarawa has adopted more aggressive tactics, including colluding with other militant groups in the Sahel, which may influence Lukarawa's increasingly extremist ideology, exploitation and the imposition of extremist dogma.
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The evolving U.S.-Africa dynamic under Trump’s second term presents challenges and opportunities, underscoring Africa’s need for a proactive approach. African leaders can use their agency to manage these shifts by pursuing partnerships aligning with their countries' national and regional goals.
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In this week's post, we look at the news about Egypt's ties with Somalia. Ongoing fighting in the West Gojjam zone of Ethiopia. Ethiopia's first female President's resignation, and The US sanctioning of the brother of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF leader.
While initially driven by financial gain as hired protectors, Lukarawa has adopted more aggressive tactics, including colluding with other militant groups in the Sahel, which may influence Lukarawa's increasingly extremist ideology, exploitation and the imposition of extremist dogma.
The evolving U.S.-Africa dynamic under Trump’s second term presents challenges and opportunities, underscoring Africa’s need for a proactive approach. African leaders can use their agency to manage these shifts by pursuing partnerships aligning with their countries' national and regional goals.
Charity, in this case, should begin on the continent. Africa and Africans could use South Africa's legal prowess to address our challenges on the world stage. There are several global challenges facing Africa that South Africa, one of Africa's most important countries, could help tackle.
The recent announcements by Presidents Ruto and President Kagami to lift visa restrictions for all Africans in Kenya and Rwanda are a positive step that'll foster unrestricted intra-African movement.
Navigating these challenges effectively will mean the emergence of BRICS as a force capable of shaping the global South's economic and geopolitical trajectory.
Xi Jinping has set his sight on reviving the age-old Silk Road. Dubbed ‘The Belt and Road Initiative’ the Chinese hope to create a harmonized economic corridor linking the East with the West through strategic locations around the world.
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In this week's post, we look at the news about The U.K. ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The ongoing war in Sudan. The voter apathy and opposition repression in Tunisia. And the anti-illegal mining protest in Ghana.
In this week's post, we look at the latest news about the planned protest in Nigeria, and the ongoing tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia. We also examine the lingering Sudanese war and the continuing conflict in the D.R. Congo.
In this week's post, we look at the latest news about the Jihadist attack in Mali and its potential impact on West Africa. The extradition of Michael Lomas to South Africa to answer for energy sector-related corruption charges. And the return of American forces to Chad.
In this week's post, we look at the latest news about the failed coup plot in D.R. Congo, the continued tension between Egypt and Ethiopia, the flood that ravaged Nigeria's North, and the life of the enigmatic runner: Rebecca Cheptegei
Together, these agricultural and carbon credit deals have ignited talk of a “new scramble for Africa.” In some countries, foreign companies are controlling up to 20% of the land through long-term agreements, leaving local communities in a precarious position.
In this week's post, we look at the political quagmire in South Africa where the ANC, which took down the Apartheid regime, is forced to partner with DA, a white-led political party, to form a government and keep President Ramaphosa in power for a second term.
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