Mali is no longer facing an ordinary insurgency. It is facing a coordinated attempt to break the confidence of the state, stretch the capacity of its armed forces, and convince citizens that the government can no longer protect even...
Mombasa, Macron, and the return of an old question
On the morning of March 15, 2026, Mombasa Harbour offered Kenya a scene that looked administrative on the surface but historical underneath. Three French warships cut into the coast. Eight hundred...
By early 1938, Standard Oil of California was close to giving up on Saudi Arabia altogether. Six wells had failed, costs were mounting, and the wider exploration campaign had already been sharply scaled back, with other drilling operations halted...
For years, the world has looked at Congo and seen war. It has seen M23. It has seen militias. It has seen chaos in the east and, from a comfortable distance, concluded that violence in Congo mostly arrives with...
There is a lazy story we have been trained to repeat.
That Italy lost Ethiopia because “the Allies” arrived, waved a flag, and the occupation collapsed like a cheap tent in a storm.
But when you pull the curtain back, you...
Sadio Mané has a habit of stepping into the fire when everyone else is running away from it.
On Sunday 18th January 2026, Senegal’s Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco teetered on the edge of collapse. A Senegal goal...
In Europe, the people paid to imagine the worst are speaking out loud. NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte, has warned about the risk of wider conflict and the need for readiness. In November 2025, General Fabien Mandon, the Head...
The first time I stood in Cairo, in 2005, I was in my twenties and working with the United Nations Environment Programme as the Africa Environment Outlook for Youth Regional Coordinator. I had come to meet national coordinators for...
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, at State House in Dar es Salaam, President Samia Suluhu Hassan met China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Smiles, handshakes, cameras, communiqués. The whole theatre of respectability.
But for many Tanzanians and many Africans watching this...
When iShowSpeed went live in Nairobi, Kenya set a digital record that felt bigger than entertainment. Within about five hours, Speed gained 360,000 subscribers and hit 48 million subscribers. Before leaving, he said Kenya was number one. In less...
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