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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 not just countries on a list. They are continental worlds. Algeria is bigger than France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom combined. The Democratic Republic of Congo is bigger than Texas, California, Alaska, Montana,...
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 forgotten borderlands. It is creeping toward the arteries of the state. It is spreading from the sands of Kidal and Tessalit to the roads around Bamako, the villages of Koulikoro, and the psychological heart of...
Mali Under Attack: The Syria Playbook and France’s Shadow
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 its most secure spaces. The killing of Defence Minister General Sadio Camara during coordinated attacks on military sites across the...
How Ruto’s Kenya Became France’s New Best Friend in Africa
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 French troops disembarked onto Kenyan soil. They were armed. Their weapons were licensed in France. Their vehicles were registered in...
The Well That Changed the World, and the Energy Trap Africa Must Escape
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 as confidence drained away. Chief geologist Max Steineke was recalled to San Francisco while the company weighed ending the Saudi...
Electric Cars for the World, Toxic Air for Congo
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 a gun. But in Lualaba Province, another violence has been unfolding with far less attention and, perhaps, even greater impunity....
How a Pan-African Army Defeated Italy in Ethiopia
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 see something far more powerful and far more African. You see an army that was pan-African in its bloodstream. East Africans....
AFCON Chaos. VAR Drama. How Sadio Mané Led Senegal to a Historic Victory
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 was disallowed. A late VAR review produced a penalty for Morocco. Senegal’s players walked off in protest. The match stalled...
Why Africa Must Accept The Possibility of a Third World War and Prepare Accordingly
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 of France's Armed Forces, delivered a blunt message about preparedness, sacrifice, and the possibility of confrontation within the next few...
Is Kenya the Capital of Africa? A Question I First Heard in Cairo
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 a project that would eventually produce UNEP’s first youth authored publication. But the work, important as it was, kept getting...
