Data Privacy Concerns Could Cost Kenya $2.5bn US Health Deal
A Kenyan High Court has suspended parts of a recently signed 2.5 billion dollar healthcare aid agreement due to data privacy concerns. The suspension[…]
Seven Days of Horror in the World of Kidnappers – A Survivor’s Story.
This is the first part of a three-part series chronicling my abduction by armed terrorists along the Kogi–Okene highway on November 30, 2023. In[…]
Community Policing: The Return of Nigeria’s Retired Military Officers
In a bold move in Nigeria’s internal security strategy, the Federal Government has announced a plan to incorporate retired military officers into community policing[…]
Nigeria’s Untapped Spirits Market: How Tradition, Policy, and Innovation Are Reshaping a Sleeping Giant
Globally, spirits consumption is growing steadily. Whisky, gin, vodka, rum, and craft liquors enjoy robust demand across Europe, North America, and Asia. Yet in[…]
The Museum Without Bronzes: Edo’s MOWAA And The Quest For Cultural Restitution
Walk through the wide glass doors of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA), and you are struck by a calm, modern order. Light[…]
Asian Motorbikes, Africa’s Economy, and African Security.
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the hum of Chinese and Indian motorbikes powers daily life and livelihoods. From the narrow streets of Kano to the farmlands[…]
Two Decades Of Africa’s Largest Street Party: Colour, Cash And Commerce
As the Calabar Carnival marks its 20th anniversary, it has evolved beyond a cultural spectacle into one of Nigeria’s most enduring experiments in culture-led[…]
The 21st-Century Trans-Saharan Caravan: From Trade Routes to Tourism Corridors
The Sahara Desert presents two polarising tourism realities. North of the Sahara, in countries like Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia, well-structured, profitable tourism industries[…]
Fleeing for Safety: Mali’s Conflict Sends Thousands to Ivory Coast
On a dusty roadside near Tengrela, a quiet border town in northern Côte d’Ivoire, the human cost of war unfolds in silence. Exhausted families[…]
Sudan’s Darfur Region Devastated by a Deadly Landslide.
On August 31, a landslide struck Tarasin, a remote village in the Marrah Mountains of Darfur. Local authorities and aid groups reported over 1,000[…]
Detty December: Nigeria’s Festive Boom Masks a Different Economic Reality
It is just after 4 a.m and Tinu Adebayor is still at her post. She runs a small informal shop selling snacks and drinks[…]
2025: The Year of the Coup – The Effect on Nigeria and West Africa.
The coup that sprang up in Mali in 2020 has since travelled across the West African sub-continent, leaving indelible marks in affected countries, as[…]
Cashew as a Catalyst for Sustainable Rural Development in Burkina Faso.
Seven years ago, when Adama Patrick Sombié received two hectares of land in Bérégadougou, the outlook was bleak. There were no cashew orchards, no[…]
The Sacrifice Zone: Lead Pollution In Zambia.
At 42, Bertha Sabuni begins her day before dawn, walking out of her home in Makululu, Kabwe, to wash clothes for neighbors. Despite completing[…]
The New Scramble for Africa: United Arab Emirates’ Land Acquisition In Africa.
On 10 June 2022, Tanzanian security forces used live ammunition and tear gas to stop a peaceful Maasai protest in Ololosokwan, Loliondo, Arusha. The[…]
A Cultural Assault on Conservation: Chinese Traditional Medicine’s Demands for Animal Parts.
In many locations across Africa and Asia, endangered animals such as pangolins, rhinos, tigers, elephants, and the rest are killed in large numbers, either[…]
Redrawing The Map Of The World: Centering Africa’s Global Position.
Africa lies between the Atlantic and Indian oceans, a vast continent of deserts, mountains, rivers, and thick forests. It is home to 1.4 billion[…]
The Rwandan Renaissance: Economic Recovery through Global Positioning.
When Arsenal took the field on August 17 at Old Trafford, Britain’s second-largest football stadium, Arsenal’s jersey bore the tagline “Visit Rwanda” during the[…]
African Countries and the Diplomatic Quagmire Of 3rd Country Deportees From The United States.
Benjamin, a Nigerian deportee, was flown from the United States to Ghana, shackled, dehumanised, and abandoned without papers. At a military-run camp outside Accra,[…]
Code of Chaos: How AI-Driven Misinformation is Reshaping Africa’s Health, Economy, and Politics.
When 21-year-old Precious received a video warning that the COVID-19 vaccine could affect menstrual cycles and ultimately cause infertility in African women, she did[…]
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