Governance
Niger’s ruling military junta, has taken a step that is raising difficult questions across the Sahel. The government has provisionally stripped exiled opposition figure Mariama Djibrine of her nationality, accusing her of inciting revolt and collaborating with foreign powers.
Governance
In late June, Senegal’s National Assembly approved a package of constitutional amendments designed to rebalance power within government. Among the most significant changes are proposals to prevent the President from serving as the leader of a political party while in office...
Migration
Ghana’s evacuation exercise for citizens affected by xenophobic violence in South Africa has come to an end. Coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with South African authorities and diplomatic missions
Governance
Africa’s ballot box is losing its liberatory power, morphing into a tool for regime survival. From Ethiopia’s exclusionary June 2026 polls to Guinea’s junta-led “transition,” elections are increasingly engineered to entrench elites. The cost is capital flight, fractured trust, and democratic erosion
health
17 May 2026, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the ninth PHEIC in the International Health Regulations era. The numbers in the official tally eight confirmed cases against 246 suspected and 80 suspected dead.
Finance and Investment
Africa's financial systems, digital infrastructure and fintech architecture are being designed today. The question nobody is asking loudly enough: are Africans designing these systems, or just building them for someone else?
Finance and Investment
By the third day of the 3i Africa Summit 2026, the conversation had evolved in a way that felt almost inevitable. The summit had arrived at the question that had always been lurking, the one that nobody in a convening of this kind wants to ask: whose Africa is it anyway?
Africa
This article marks the beginning of a series exploring traditional attire across African countries, examining how clothing reflects history, drives economies, and shapes modern identity. Each week will spotlight one nation and one defining cultural garment.
Policy
As a landmark zero-tariff deadline approaches, African states are negotiating individually against the world's largest market. Without a unified continental strategy, the most lucrative trade opportunity of this generation risks becoming another triumph of rhetoric over results.