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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE LEADERS OF AFRICA

Africa must continue pushing for a permanent UN Security Council seat, but also strengthen the power it already holds. By building stronger institutions, economies and systems at home, the continent can turn its potential into power.

Kennedy Chileshe

An open letter to the leaders of Africa

An open letter to the leaders of 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

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

Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan

Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan

Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan

Netanyahu’s grand delusion: Türkiye and the imaginary threat

Netanyahu’s grand delusion: Türkiye and the imaginary threat

Netanyahu’s grand delusion: Türkiye and the imaginary threat

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

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

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

Acoziborole is a gamechanger in the fight against sleeping sickness in Africa. Effective against both early and advanced stages of the disease, the single-dose treatment eliminates the need for lumbar punctures, removing a major barrier to diagnosis.

By Monique Wasunna

Africa is selling time, not minerals

Africa is selling time, not minerals

Africa is selling time, not minerals

Africa's real wealth today is not the cobalt, lithium, or graphite buried in its soil. It is the bargaining power that comes from a world desperate for those minerals.

By Sare Şanlı

Redrawing the Sahel: How new alliances are changing West African security

Redrawing the Sahel: How new alliances are changing West African security

Redrawing the Sahel: How new alliances are changing West African security

The break with ECOWAS has evolved into a wider realignment, as the Alliance of Sahel States deepens ties with Algeria and other non-Western partners while Morocco and other regional powers compete for influence.

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

25 years of AK Party and Türkiye’s rise as a regional and global actor

25 years of AK Party and Türkiye’s rise as a regional and global actor

25 years of AK Party and Türkiye’s rise as a regional and global actor

The country’s rise on the international stage was made possible by the robust and pragmatic foreign policy initiatives of successive governments under Erdogan.

What happens between elections matters most

What happens between elections matters most

What happens between elections matters most

Elections are too often presented as the destination. They are not. They are milestones along a much longer journey, and the important question is never only who won. It is what kind of country this nation wants to become over the next 20 years.

By Luc Gnonlonfoun

Can Somalia become East Africa’s next maritime powerhouse?

Can Somalia become East Africa’s next maritime powerhouse?

CAN SOMALIA BECOME EAST AFRICA’S NEXT MARITIME POWERHOUSE?

Somalia possesses an extensive Exclusive Economic Zone, rich fisheries and a strategic position linking the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.

By Mohamed Okash

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Reclaiming the night: how Taleex Square became a symbol of Mogadishu’s peaceful awakening

Reclaiming the night: how Taleex Square became a symbol of Mogadishu’s peaceful awakening

RECLAIMING THE NIGHT: HOW TALEEX SQUARE BECAME A SYMBOL OF MOGADISHU’S PEACEFUL AWAKENING

The night of June 30, 2026 saw Mogadishu turn a bright new page in its history, with Taleex Square emerging as the symbolic centre of a modern renaissance driven by growing public confidence, replacing the fear that defined the city after dark.

By Abdirashid Nor Ibrahim