International Affairs

The Unresolved Questions of the Sahel Crisis

Osivue ItseumahSeptember 8, 2024

The formation of the Sahel Alliance has raised several questions, especially: is it really the worst thing in the world that three African military leaders want to rid their countries of neocolonialism and French imperialism?

August/September 2024

Can We Trust the P-5’s ‘Unanimous Agreement’ of African Representation at the UN Security Council?

Otobong IniekeSeptember 8, 2024

The unanimous agreement of African representation on the UN Security Council is not a structural fix to the systematic marginalization that African nations face on the world stage. Instead, it raises the question of whether it is in the best interest of the continent.

August/September 2024

Soyinka in the Gazan Crypt

Richard SolomonAugust 25, 2024

Wole Soyinka’s work gives to Palestinians something the life-world of Palestinian letters give to us: an abiding love and solidarity for the captive.

August/September 2024vol8-no3

The North African Novel in English: What Is It? How Is It?

Fayssal BensalahAugust 25, 2024

Arabophone and Francophone literatures have dominated the region of North Africa for decades, but now a third one is emerging—the Anglophone one.

August/September 2024Readingvol8-no3

Digging for Gold: Personal Experiences from Zimbabwe

Digging for Gold in Zimbabwe

Marie-Simone KaduriraAugust 11, 2024

During Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil of the late 2000s, my sister and I navigated a land defined by scarcity and resilience as we experienced the collapse of Zimbabwe’s economy, our community and our family.

August/September 2024Zimbabwe

To Bear Time: On Sudan’s Long Endurance

Joshua Segun-LeanAugust 4, 2024

The war in Sudan has displaced millions and cast a shadow over the country’s future. Against these odds, the spirit of popular struggle endures in ‘minor’, indeterminate scales of social and political action.

August/September 2024Sudan

Angola Wants a Pan-African Court of Justice

Rui VerdeJuly 14, 2024

Angola has become the first country to ratify the Malabo Protocol, paving the way for the creation of a true international African court of justice. What does Angola hope to gain from this move, and why now?

AngolaJune/July 2024

The Prolonged Suffering of Eastern DRC

Patrick HajayandiJuly 14, 2024

Since Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s descent into cyclical violence in 1996, the conflict has been entangled in regional and international interests and incoherent interventions.

Democratic Republic of the CongoJune/July 2024

Tinubu and West Africa’s Growing Coup Belt

Judith HassanJuly 7, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election as ECOWAS chairman shines light on his first geo-political test which is the handling of the recent coups in West Africa, a situation that can make or mar Nigeria’s foreign policy record.

AfricaJune/July 2024

A Fanonian Perspective on Israel and Palestine

Kai MoraJuly 4, 2024

The perpetual timelessness of repeating historic mistakes can only be combated with timeless, prudent and even prescient logic. Frantz Fanon’s work provides an important perspective to understand the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

June/July 2024Nigeria