Weekly Circular
The Weekly Circular, week ending 2 October 2026
This edition covers a single day, Friday 2 October. In that one day, the war in northern Ethiopia started to look like…
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…
Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 21 September 2026
Morocco dominated the day's African news agenda, with an election campaign winding towards polling day, a diplomatic push at the United Nations…
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…
Weekly Circular
The Weekly Circular, week ending 14 August 2026
The past few days have seen a mix of significant events across various sectors in Africa, ranging from personal freedom and security…
Nigeria
Buhari: The Messiah Who Will Not Save Nigeria
Bayo Omoboriowo, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shamusudeen Kareem The Yorubas have a saying that if a child would…
Africa
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…
Africa
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…
Nigeria
President Buhari and the $1bn splurge on military equipment
President Buhari in April 2018 approved the release of $1bn for the procurement for military weapons with the stated intention of crushing…