Africa
Africa in 2024: A Year of Transformation, Challenges, and Resilience
As 2024 comes to a close, the African continent continues to showcase its dynamism, resilience, and challenges. From significant political events to…
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Scramble for the Sahel – why France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region
Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the…
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Civilian support for military coups is rising in parts of Africa: why the reasons matter
The clamour for coups among citizens is rising. Wikimedia Commons Carlos García Rivero, Universitat de València On the night of 13 January…
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Sudan’s conflict will have a ripple effect in an unstable region - and across the world
The raging conflict in Khartoum could negatively affect trade flows through Port Sudan to the rest of the world. Getty Images John…
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As the 8 billionth person is born, here’s how Africa will shape the future of the planet’s population
Getty Images Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University; Esther William Dungumaro, University of Dar es Salaam, and Jacques Emina, University of Kinshasa…
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US will soon redeploy troops in Somalia: the mission and key goals
US troops in Djibouti in 2003 on a mission to watch terrorist groups in countries that include Somalia. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty…
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The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language
Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere, a Swahili advocate. Keystone/Getty Images John M. Mugane, Harvard University Once just an obscure island dialect of an…
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Ethiopia's troubled history provides clues to why an all-out civil war is possible
A man enters a polling station for Tigray’s regional elections, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deemed illegal. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images…
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Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly
President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi’s Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ONESPHORE NibigIra/AFP via Getty Images) David…
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Kenya: why elite cohesion is more important than ethnicity to political stability
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga to symbolise a truce in March 2018. Simon…