The Future of UK-Africa Relations: Global Britain or Status Quo?
By: Dele Bello-Williams & Kieran Davis The decisive victory of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom’s General Election on December 12th should, in theory, […]
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Forget Comic Relief, Africa needs honest accountants
In light of the recent controversy surrounding David Lammy’s critique of Comic Relief, our attention needs to shift from simplistic charity and focus upon the […]
The Modern “Scramble for Africa”
by Andrej Sagaidak edited by Dele Williams April 2, 2019 A comparative analysis of four major foreign powers’ policy strategies towards the African continent The term “Scramble […]
Ethiopian flight 302 inquest
By Andrej Sagaidak Safety & security compromises at the interface between human and artificial intelligence The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 from Addis Ababa to […]
Fake news, real violence: The relationship between fake news and identity-based violence, a case of Nigeria
By James O’Dell On the 23rdof June 2018, separate pictures of a mutilated man and child began circulating on Facebook. Shared along with calls […]
Russia’s Private Military Contractors in Africa: an act of desperation or legitimate means to secure influence?
By Andrej Sagaidak Background to Russia-Africa Policy Moscow’s interest in Africa goes back to the era of rapid decolonisation across the continent in the early 1960s. […]
Africa will have some of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2019—and a looming debt crisis
By Yinka Adegoke Trying to get to grips with what to expect from Africa’s economies in 2019 can be broken out into three categories of […]
Eradicate poverty by breaking the curse of Africa’s unsustainable debt
After the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), in which 53 African countries took part, two camps emerged: while […]
Is China burdening Africa with debt?
Africa is facing a looming debt crisis, say leading development economists. “Almost 40% of sub-Saharan African countries are in danger of slipping into a major […]
Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?
By Todd Moss and Judd Devermont Why a Low-Power Future Will Be Dangerous for Everyone Nigeria is home to one in every five Africans and […]