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Why Palestine has always mattered to Africa

An examination of how African governments, liberation movements and civil society have responded to the Palestinian struggle, tracing solidarity from the 1940s to Israel's war on…

The United Nations assembly.

The Psychology of UN Reform in a Changing World

UN reform is often framed around efficiency and cost-cutting, but it conceals a deeper geopolitical shift. As China and the Global South gain leverage, the struggle to govern a…

The 81st United Nations UNGA and future of UN Peacekeeping

As the 81st UN General Assembly convenes, UN peacekeeping faces a pivotal crisis marked by Council deadlock, budget shortfalls, and a twelve-year absence of new mission…

WTO caught between flexibility and predictability, says chief economist

The WTO's future hinges on adapting its rules to a multipolar global economy, says chief economist Robert Staiger, warning that systemic fragmentation could drastically cut…

BRICS carries the work the G20 left behind

As the United States scales back the G20 agenda, BRICS has quietly stepped into the role of caretaker, advancing critical work on climate adaptation, early warning systems, and…

True to form: The World Mercator projection with the true country size added. To see Africa correctly on a map is to bring visual proportion closer to reality.

Africa is bigger than we think

A historic UN resolution calls for the adoption of accurate map projections, challenging centuries of Mercator distortion to reflect Africa's true scale and global significance.

Is Canada Strengthening Its ‘Middle Power’ Strategy Against the US?

As trade friction with the US intensifies, Canada is pursuing a dynamic "middle power" strategy, building resilient economic and diplomatic partnerships across Africa, Asia, and…

Is China really a champion of the Global South?

While China portrays itself as a champion of developing nations, its foreign policy reveals a status-quo superpower focused more on its geopolitical rivalry with the US than…

Labour market: AI and automation are reshaping the labour market.

Open source ecosystems defeat Washington’s attempts at technological partition

As Washington attempts to force countries into choosing sides in the AI race, thriving open-source ecosystems and developer adoption are undermining efforts to partition the…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Photo: Sourced

Ukraine’s Plan A is peace

As Russia intensifies attacks on civilian infrastructure, Ukraine is bolstering its strike capabilities while reiterating that its primary goal remains a just and lasting peace.

Arduous road to a liberated Palestine

Examining the Palestinian struggle through the longue durée reveals how enduring resistance, sumud, and South–South solidarity challenge global imperialism and illuminate the…

Botswana signed the Artemis Accords – so why hasn't South Africa?

Botswana recently became the sixth African nation to sign the Artemis Accords, a US-led initiative for peaceful space exploration. However, South Africa, despite its advanced…

This war is geopolitical murder

In 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, after having the world beg it not to, a wave of outrage went through mankind. People asked me: “How did Ukraine manage to generate so much…

Ten years after July 15, NATO still prefers silence over truth

As NATO's 32 member countries gather in Ankara for their 36th summit, hosted at Turkey's Presidential Complex, the event coincides with the tenth anniversary of Turkey's failed…

Football’s theatre of emotion, grievance and power

The World Cup delivered a full human theatre of football, from Cape Verde's exhilarating performances to generational shifts with Lamine Yamal's arrival and the possible…

Foul: For the US, the lesson is not so different to the lesson for South Africa after the opening World Cup game against Mexico: stay in the room. Photo: Screenshot/Fifa

Red cards and peace treaties

Drawing parallels between South Africa's World Cup red cards and US foreign policy, this article argues that America's approach to Iran has been self-defeating. It explores the…

How Pakistan became the Gulf's most consequential diplomatic partner

Explore how Pakistan, through the strategic efforts of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, transformed its global standing to become a crucial mediator in…

Dependency trap: Artificial intelligence is not a borderless equaliser but a centralised engine of geopolitical stratification. Photo: Supplied

Geopolitical realignment and the Global South AI divide

The international community is finalising frameworks for the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, but a stark technological cleavage has emerged. The Global North uses advanced…

Food for thought: Senegal’s first female military pilot Mame Rokhaya Lo speaking during one of the panel discussions. Photo: Marion Smith

Apsaco 2026 reflects on Africa’s security

The 10th African Peace and Security Annual Conference (Apsaco) in Rabat, Morocco, reviewed a decade of Africa's evolving security landscape. Experts discussed persistent…

Why do symbols matter so much during Russia’s “Age of the New Empires”?

The attack on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra highlights a deeper objective in the Russia-Ukraine war: to erase memory and reshape historical narratives. This article explores why cultural…