Omar al-Bashir’s Role in the El Fashir Massacre
In the last days of October 2025, the city of El Fashir in North Darfur erupted into horror. More than 2000 civilians were executed after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city following an eighteen-month siege. Survivors recount door-to-door raids, summary executions in hospitals, and women and children targeted in an ethnic cleansing campaign. The massacre...
What Israel’s return to Zambia Means for Africa
If you blinked, you might have missed it. On August 20, 2025, Israel raised its flag once again over an embassy in Lusaka, Zambia. On the surface, it looked like a simple ribbon-cutting. In reality, it marked the reopening of a chapter that had been slammed shut more than half a century ago. This was diplomacy. It was also...
A Call for Nation Builders, Not Nation Burners
As South Africa gears up for crucial elections that will shape its future, a contentious advert by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has ignited fierce debate and raised important questions about the kind of leadership needed to navigate the country forward. The advert, depicting the national flag burning and then reassembling, has stirred intense emotions and prompted soul-searching about the...
A Century of Land Laws in South Africa
The story of land in South Africa is one of conquest, betrayal, and resilience. It is a tale of legislation that shaped lives, ripped communities apart, and ultimately built the foundation for both oppression and freedom. For over a century, land laws have dictated who holds power and who is left behind, who thrives and who struggles to survive....
A Cry for Lasting Peace and Prosperity in the Somalia Region
The regional administration of Puntland, which has semi-autonomous status within Somalia, has announced its withdrawal from the federal government system. Puntland will now self-govern independently until constitutional amendments recently passed by the central authorities in Mogadishu are put to a national referendum vote. On Saturday, 30th April, Somalia's federal parliament based in the capital Mogadishu approved multiple changes to the...
Protect the Maasai and Their Ancestral Lands
In the swirling sands of the Serengeti and the sacred slopes of Ol Doinyo Lengai, a story of survival, identity, and legacy unfolds. It is a story as old as time itself, etched into the very earth that cradles the Maasai people. For generations, the Maasai have lived in harmony with these lands, their lives a testament to the...
A Nation’s Discontent The Simmering Uprising in Tanzania
For weeks, Tanzania has pulsed with a slow, steady thrum of discontent. Traders, the lifeblood of Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam's vibrant market, shuttered their stalls, their wares gathering dust in protest. This wasn't a mere closing of doors, it was a slamming fist against a rising tide – a tide of taxes, relentless and suffocating. These taxes, they say, are...
Breakfast in Paris, Hunger in Dakar
I first set foot in Senegal in the mid-2000s. From the moment I landed at Aéroport International Blaise Diagne (Blaise Diagne International Airport), I fell in love with the rhythm of the country, the warmth of its people, the poetry in its Wolof greetings, and the sweet, crimson taste of Bissap juice that seemed to flow everywhere. Senegal was a...
Puntland, the UAE, and Sudan’s Firestorm
I have been watching closely as Sudan’s tragedy deepens, and in that firestorm, Puntland’s name has suddenly been dragged into the smoke. Khartoum has accused Puntland of allowing its port and airport to be used as corridors of war. Sudan alleges that arms and mercenaries passed through Bosaso to feed the RSF. Puntland has denied it, yet the accusation...
Why Burundi is the poorest country in the world
Burundi wears a harsh label. By the simplest yardstick the world loves to quote, GDP per person adjusted for prices, Burundi has spent about a decade at or near the very bottom. On broader human development, it sits in the lowest handful as well. But poorest is a diagnosis, not a destiny. To understand how we got here, we...
