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CHAD–FRANCE: WHICH SIDE NEEDS THE OTHER MORE?

Twenty months after sending French troops home, N’Djamena has signed a declaration of intent with Paris on defence cooperation. Chad is turning back to its former partner, but it is now the one setting the terms.

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Chad–France: Which side needs the other more?

Chad–France: Which side needs the other more?

Algorithmic gaslighting: The hidden harm of AI in healthcare

Algorithmic gaslighting: The hidden harm of AI in healthcare

Algorithmic gaslighting: The hidden harm of AI in healthcare

Artificial intelligence promises speed and accuracy in healthcare, but it also decides whose symptoms count. The cost may be patients’ trust in their own bodies.

Africa must stop asking only 'what the world can sell us'

Africa must stop asking only 'what the world can sell us'

Africa must stop asking only 'what the world can sell us'

The question is whether we have the courage, discipline and mindset to start building at scale.

By Kennedy Chileshe

Congo's minerals move fast, healthcare doesn't

Congo's minerals move fast, healthcare doesn't

Congo's minerals move fast, healthcare doesn't

Mineral-rich DRC has recorded more than 8,000 Ebola cases with more than 4,000 related deaths since mid-May amid slow international response.

By Sare Şanlı

Why Houthi advances in Yemen raise concerns for Horn of Africa

Why Houthi advances in Yemen raise concerns for Horn of Africa

Why Houthi advances in Yemen raise concerns for Horn of Africa

Bab al-Mandeb is a strategic location where goods move between markets of Asia, Arabia, Europe and America, before finding their way to Africa, Fighting in the area means higher transportation cost through South Africa's Cape of Good Hope.

By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed

Oct 7: Trauma, tragedy and the normalisation of Palestinian suffering

Oct 7: Trauma, tragedy and the normalisation of Palestinian suffering

OCT 7: TRAUMA, TRAGEDY AND THE NORMALISATION OF PALESTINIAN SUFFERING

The world marvels at Palestinian resilience but rarely questions decades of Israeli oppression that forces the community to relive their pain over and over again.

Why knowing what happens next isn’t enough for Africa

Why knowing what happens next isn’t enough for Africa

Why knowing what happens next isn’t enough for Africa

Kweku Opoku-Agyemang

What does electrification mean for Africa?

What does electrification mean for Africa?

What does electrification mean for Africa?

Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe

Türkiye and the UN: The world has outgrown the top five

Türkiye and the UN: The world has outgrown the top five

Türkiye and the UN: The world has outgrown the top five

Sabir Askeroglu

UN chief race raises questions about representation, reform and what is at stake for Africa

UN chief race raises questions about representation, reform and what is at stake for Africa

UN chief race raises questions about representation, reform and what is at stake for Africa

As eight candidates compete to succeed António Guterres, the selection is drawing attention to regional rotation, the prospect of the first woman Secretary-General, the P5’s decisive power and Africa’s priorities.

By Teta Mukulira, Maria Gabriella

Who fears a strong Somalia?

Who fears a strong Somalia?

Who fears a strong Somalia?

Instead of questioning whether or not Somalia should be working with ‪Türkiye, Gulf States, and Western Countries, the question should be, are these countries helping to further the national interests of Somalia?

By Ismail Osman

Burnham’s ‘reset’ of foreign policy on Israel and Palestine is promising, but still falls short

Burnham’s ‘reset’ of foreign policy on Israel and Palestine is promising, but still falls short

Burnham’s ‘reset’ of foreign policy on Israel and Palestine is promising, but still falls short

The British government must walk the talk to stand by Palestine and the suffering people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

By Yousra Samir Imran

What if Africa’s next battery breakthrough is already sitting in a university lab?

What if Africa’s next battery breakthrough is already sitting in a university lab?

What if Africa’s next battery breakthrough is already sitting in a university lab?

Perhaps Africa’s next major clean-energy company will not begin in a mine. Perhaps it will begin with a young African innovator, a stubborn idea and a problem that refuses to go unsolved.

By Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe

From cobbler to boatyard manager: How one young Somali found a future in fishing

From cobbler to boatyard manager: How one young Somali found a future in fishing

From cobbler to boatyard manager: How one young Somali found a future in fishing

Nearly three-quarters of Somalis are under the age of 30, while around 400,000 young people enter the labour force each year, making skills development and access to decent work an important investment in the country’s long-term stability.

By Abdirahman Jeylani

The unending Iran war and Israel’s new low

The unending Iran war and Israel’s new low

The unending Iran war and Israel’s new low

A diabolical proposal in an Israeli newspaper exposes the moral bankruptcy in a society consumed by its lust for war and bloodshed.

Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan

Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan

WHY UGANDA SHOULD REVISIT THE GAZA DEPLOYMENT PLAN

Uganda has committed approximately 1,200 personnel to a proposed 20,000-strong, US-led force commanded by US Major General Jasper Jeffers.

By Asuman Kiyingi

Spotlight Authors

Netanyahu’s grand delusion: Türkiye and the imaginary threat

Abdinasir Ahmed Bashir

Why strategic communication is essential to Somalia’s state-building journey

Why strategic communication is essential to Somalia’s state-building journey

Monique Wasunna

How a one-day cure could finally eliminate sleeping sickness in Africa

How a one-day cure could finally eliminate sleeping sickness in Africa

Africa is selling time, not minerals

Africa is selling time, not minerals

From presence to partnership: fifteen years after Erdoğan’s Mogadishu moment

From presence to partnership: fifteen years after Erdoğan’s Mogadishu moment

FROM PRESENCE TO PARTNERSHIP: FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER ERDOĞAN’S MOGADISHU MOMENT

Somalia can be understood as a laboratory for a distinctive form of Turkish engagement in Africa: combining diplomacy, humanitarian assistance, development cooperation, education, commerce, security partnership and political engagement.

By Abdirahim Mohamed Hassan