DJ Bwakali
What Europe’s Latest Vote on Burkina Faso Can and Cannot Do
From Strasbourg to Ouagadougou, a European Parliament vote has opened a larger argument about sovereignty, security and who gets to judge Africa
On the morning...
Congo Must Not Rewrite Its Constitution Around One Man
Félix Tshisekedi may have opened the door to a third term. Congo’s constitutional debate must now be about power for its people and not...
Reparations in Accra: Africa Is No Longer Asking History to Be...
There are conferences that pass through the world like hotel air-conditioning: expensive, cold and quickly forgotten. Then there are conferences that carry the weight...
PASTEF’s Congress Was Senegal’s New Political Order Assembling Itself
There are political conferences that merely fill halls, pass resolutions and produce photographs for the evening news. Then there are political conferences that reveal...
Stopped at the Border: Omar Artan, Somalia, and the World Cup’s...
When the World Cup Stops Being Global
The FIFA World Cup calls itself the world’s tournament. It is marketed as football’s grand parliament of nations,...
Macron’s Loan. Dangote’s Billions. Africa’s Choice
The image is simple, almost ordinary.
A plane lands at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Doors open. Protocol begins. Handshakes are exchanged. Cameras move closer....
When a Nation Starts Deporting Itself
There are moments when a country’s wound becomes so deep that it forgets where the enemy is.
A construction site in South Africa’s North West...
A Tale of Two Tables: Why Africa Must Stop Negotiating as...
There are moments in global politics when power is not hidden in speeches, communiqués, press conferences, or diplomatic smiles. It is sitting quietly at...
Are Most of Africa’s Biggest Countries Too Big to Handle?
Africa’s ten largest countries are Algeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Libya, Chad, Niger, Angola, Mali, South Africa, and Ethiopia. But these are...
Mali’s War Has Entered a More Dangerous Phase
The war in Mali is no longer a distant northern storm. It is no longer just the story of desert rebels, remote garrisons, and...
