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Scrap metal smuggling could cripple East Africa’s infrastructure
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 10th January 2024 On 11 January 2022, Nairobi was plunged into darkness after Kenya Power lost supply along the Kiambere-Embakasi high voltage transmission power... →
Crisis of Electoralism: Do you have a civic duty to vote in South Africa today? – Part One
By: Raymond Suttner 9th January 2024 With elections this year, and most polls predicting the ANC may for the first time since 1994 lose its status as the majority party nationally,... →
Scramble for the Sahel – why France, Russia, China and the United States are interested in the region
9th January 2024 The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent, has been a focus of... →
India eyes Africa in its quest for superpower status
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 9th January 2024 India is rapidly forging an important role in the new global order as a bridge between the global north and south. Leveraging its economic muscle... →
Foreign criminals go for gold in Nigeria
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th January 2024 Nigeria’s mining sector is diverse in mineral resources that make a significant contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product. The country is... →
Fairer global tax won’t be enough to cure Africa’s chronic capital deficit
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th January 2024 On 22 November 2023, a coalition of 125 mostly developing countries led by Nigeria won an important United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on... →
Positive outlook for Morocco’s development prospects
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th January 2024 North Africa and the Sahel have generally been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Coups last year rocked Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso,... →
The African Union’s fight for relevance in 2024
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th January 2024 The African Union (AU) isn’t living up to expectations – and member states are partly to blame, according to AU Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa... →
An influential Kenyan weekly gave president Ruto an ‘E’ for the economy. We checked four numbers behind the failing grade
19th December 2023 In November 2023, Kenyan political magazine the Weekly Review gave president William Ruto a failing grade for his handling of the economy. “E for... →
Inconsistencies are costing the AU Mission in Somalia
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th December 2023 In September, a call was made for a technical pause to the African troop drawdown from Somalia, following the initial withdrawal of 2 000 troops in... →