Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 14 October 2026
Fears of renewed war in the Horn of Africa hung over the continent on Tuesday. According to Addis Standard, US Secretary of…
Weekly Circular
The Weekly Circular, week ending 10 October 2026
This edition covers a short window, roughly the day running from the evening of 9 October to the morning of 10 October,…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 7 October 2026
Nigeria's security services had a rare piece of good news on Wednesday. Twenty graduates abducted earlier this month have been rescued, as…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 6 October 2026
Ebola has crossed into another East African country. Kenya has confirmed its first case of the disease, and the patient has died.…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 24 September 2026
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s displacement crisis deepened as violence in the east forced thousands to flee toward Tanganyika, according to…
Weekly Circular
The Weekly Circular, week ending 19 September 2026
This edition covers a single day, Saturday 19 September 2026, and the news that crossed the wires over those hours was dominated…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 9 September 2026
AI and Its Dangers The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) has taken a somber turn as a former Anthropic researcher, speaking to…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 8 September 2026
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is no longer a Gulf story alone. With traffic through the waterway near standstill amid the Iran…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 17 August 2026
Nigeria's political class spent Monday absorbing the arithmetic of Osun State, where Governor Ademola Adeleke's re-election on 15 August handed the opposition…
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversial
John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University In April 2011, Ethiopia began construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam…