Following the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant deal in Egypt, Russia is reaffirming its nuclear presence in Africa after signing two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with Mali and Burkina Faso. African…
Ethiopia’s new year seaport deal with Somaliland has generated tension and sparked concerns among neighbors in an already volatile Horn. Michael Asiedu, 22 February 2024In a meeting with investors and…
China challenges the West as to who could build more schools, hospitals, and sports stadiums for ordinary people in low-income countries. Michael Asiedu, 13 December 2023 Arabic version | Chinese…
Ambassador Christoph Thun-Hohenstein is the Director General for International Cultural Relations at the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. He shares impressions of the 2023 Architecture Biennale in…
Weak state authority, easy access to firearms and indifference towards conflict resolution mechanisms has ensured that militant groups rather than the states are the predominant enforcing agents in diverse sections…
Global supply chains featuring commodity ingredients and foods are often opaque, tangled and secretive. Huge multi-national food companies often have well-crafted human rights policies listed on their websites while at…
On Africa Day at the UN in Vienna the Africa Interactive digital project was presented to the world. Governments, museums and private collections have been invited to join the project…
South Africa finds itself in its worst energy crisis in decades with daily rolling blackouts throwing the country into economic and social disorder. The former CEO of the main public…
Powerful UK institutions from the monarchy to Ekaterra (formerly Unilever and Brooke Bond) are being confronted over a British colonial-era land grab in Kenya’s Kericho county by the Kipsigi and…
Turkey and Iran regard the African continent as an important arena in their quest for international influence. Despite their ideological differences and each having its own reasons to increase influence…