I woke up to messages asking if Japan has shut the door to Africans or if Africans are about to flood Japan. Both claims are false. What is true is simpler and more revealing. A small cultural program became...
In the corridors of power across the globe, a silent revolution is brewing—one that is reshaping the very fabric of societies. The West, Japan, and China find themselves at the precipice of a population crisis, a demographic dilemma that...
April 30 2011. The lyrics of Tiken Jah Fakoly’s reggae song ‘Quitte le pouvoir’ reverberated through Ibrahim Traoré, each word a sharp reminder of the mounting tension in his country. He was only 23, his military boots still fresh...
While at university, Traoré became active in student politics, aligning with the Marxist Association Nationale des Étudiants du Burkina (ANEB), a group deeply committed to defending the rights of students and, by extension, the nation’s oppressed masses.
His introduction to...
On 23rd August 2015, when Traoré was 27 years old, jihadists struck Burkina Faso, marking a turning point for the young soldier. He was still a junior ranking officer and hadn’t yet been deployed to the international front lines....
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, in the early hours, a group of armed men led by Congolese politician Christian Malanga made three Facebook Live videos (only one remains on his page) from inside the Palais de la Nation (President's...
The following year, 2018, proved to be a pivotal year for Traore. He was promoted to Captain and thrust into a complex and volatile situation when he joined the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (French: Mission...
They told us diamonds are forever, but the story is changing fast. The sparkle that once came only from deep African mines is now being born in humming laboratories. This is not just a shift in fashion. It is...
Bobi Wine! Julius Malema! Inspirational figures, no doubt. But here's a crazy thought: what if they rendered themselves irrelevant by mentoring and elevating multiple leaders in their movements? This would ensure that they stop being the singular figureheads and...
I can still hear the echo of the hammer on steel, the hiss of steam engines cutting through the tropical silence, the ghosts of a railway that changed East Africa forever. The Uganda Railway was not just a transport...
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