Why 10,000s may have died in floods in east Libya: Climate change, poor infrastructure, and warlord’s “business model where people of Derna are expendable”.
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A 55-minute special analyzing the week from asylum seekers in the UK to US politics to a coup in Niger in West Africa to the 50th anniversary of hip hop
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Ukraine’s forces have advanced further in the east of the country, ahead of an anticipated counter-offensive, and also attack on the southern front.
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55-minute special analyzing nurses’ concerns about UK National Health Service; conflict in Sudan; China manuever over Ukraine; Iran’s protests; & Joe Biden
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As US Vice President Kamala Harris embarks on three-nation tour, a chat about past, present, and future of US foreign policy towards Africa’s countries
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“France’s Operation Barkhane in Mali has all the marks of a failure, with Mali still plagued by insecurity and jihadist attacks — and Russia is profiting.”
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Mothers and fatherless children speak about the effects of sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “We are suffering”
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How Russia, through “Putin’s Chef” Yevgeny Prigozhin, is seizing and transporting gold from Sudan to help fund Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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“Mali’s isolation is largely self-inflicted. Turning away from traditional allies and Malian democracy, the junta has placed hopes in a new partner: Russia”
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Is it possible to work with producers of oil, coal, and natural gas for an effective strategy v. climate change? Shell in Nigeria offers reason for caution.
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1st-hand from bulldozing of Benin’s fishing villages: “They came and demolished our houses. We have no place to go. My children are sleeping on the beach.”
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UN officials dismiss reports of rape in and near Tigray as “media hype”, but region’s women and girls face “living hell” of sexual and gender-based violence.
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US sanctions on Eritrea as “unspeakable violence”, blockage of aid, and malnutrition leave 5.2 million displaced in Tigray in neighboring Ethiopia.
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World View episode with attempted hijack in Gulf of Oman; Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy; Tunisia President’s seizure of power; and death of Belarus activist
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Samia Suluhu Hassan is President of Tanzania, only 1 of 2 African women & 1 of 2 Muslim women as a current Head of State. So why are so few people noticing?
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African Continental Free Trade Area: “The foundation has been laid for both African states and foreign powers to commit to a pan-African economic vision.”
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Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement resonated with a global audience. But have the demands of the protestors been heard by the Nigerian Government?
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Africa’s countries have opportunity for sustainable industrialization through continental market — if there are removal of barriers to trade & investment.
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Joe Biden’s officials: “Return to competence & engagement doesn’t guarantee smooth relations. But a precondition of Administration with rules has been met.”
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“The role of mediator between the EU and China, while representing the interests of Africa’s states, can only be occupied by those states themselves.”
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Since 2014, Russia’s approach to Africa has brought continent to center of Moscow’s foreign policy — & complications elsewhere are redoubling that effort.
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How could Coronavirus effect countries where “political institutions are weaker and where illness or death of leader generates power vacuum tempting rivals”?
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Rewriting recent history, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani insists that the Government acted quickly to inform the public about the threat from Coronavirus.
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“As people are questioning value of democracy in Western states, Africa’s populations are prepared to fight to prevent one-man, one-party, or military rule.”
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Scott Lucas on latest situation in Syria, Sudan uprising, Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and the US Democrats, and climate change protests in the UK
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In Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir, ending 29 years of authoritarian rule. But what happens now? A Beginner’s Guide to the protests and the military coup
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In an era where “fake news” is compounding the challenge to democracy, how can societies ensure political advance through effective campaigns and elections?
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A Senegalese soldier receives a Certificate of completion from a US Marine at a military camp...
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I joined Julia Hartley-Brewer of talkRADIO in our start-the-week review of events in the UK and...
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This week US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making the first trip by a high-level Trump...
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