The ongoing insurgency in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado poses a significant threat to both the global energy sector and container traffic in the region.
The struggles of post-colonial states are due to enduring colonial influence. In this essay, I will first explore how colonialism in Africa was conducted and how the methods of colonial historiography contributed to a romanticising of its impact.
At the height of the demise of the now defunct Bretton Woods monetary system, former U.S President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John Connally said, “The dollar is our currency but it’s your problem.” The current strengthening of the dollar h
In early August, the White House issued a strategy for sub-Saharan Africa.[i] This is a rather unique document outlining US goals and methods in the region.
One thing the Marxist-Leninist movement has never done is address how eurocentric, racist actually, they are. Why do I say this?
In 1927, Ladipo Solanke – co-founder of the West African Students Union (WASU) – published a book in which he argued that “It took the white race a thousand years to arrive at their present level of advance: it took the Japanese, a Mongol race, 50
The unrecognized but independent Republic of Somaliland is a rare success story in that part of the world. Yet, the impressive progress the country has made across multiple fronts could yet be imperiled by growing regional instability.
In “decolonial” discourse, the African leadership landscape is flattened to the point of becoming a caricature.
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