Politics

When xenophobia becomes routine; South Africa's ongoing crisis

From vice president in 1999 to yet another bid fro office in 2027, Atiku has remained one of the most enduring figures in Nigerian politics.

When a government turns its weapons on its own people, does sovereignty still shield it from outside intervention?

The growing starvation crisis across the continent begs the question: when will Africa become self-sufficient?

The first edition of the African Trends newsletter

For many decades, the United States has occupied a unique position in global affairs as the hegemonic power. Yet this dominance has not come without its costs

Authoritarianism in Africa is not sustained by state violence alone. It is also reinforced by societal and cultural attitudes toward power and politics.

There is a wide and rarely acknowledged gap between what Africans expect the African Union to be, what it claims to stand for, and what it actually exists to do