Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
Today marks it one year anniversary of the historic peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their countries. The peace agreement which was initiated by Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed after he assumed office
Newly installed Algerian parliament president Moad Bouchareb has resigned from his position on Tuesday, after prolonged demands for his removal by protesters who saw him as part of the elite that has plunged the country into recent political stalemate. Bouchareb left office three months after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned
Ethiopia has been dominating news headlines due to the failed coup attempt which resulted in the death of the President of Amhara Regional Government, Ambachew Mekonnen, and a top advisor Ezez Waaie in the Amhara regional capital of Bahir Dar. This development wildly shook up the Abiy Ahmed-led government, which
Zimbabwe O’ Zimbabwe! Africa is home to the bad leaders but it appears Zimbabwe has the worst crop the world has ever seen. After enduring the hardships and turbulence associated with the government of ex-president Mugabe, the country has had to endure a transition that saw power passed onto Mugabe’
More than two million Africans fought in World War I as soldiers. Their reward: more colonisation. Come World War II, they were forced to fight again, even though the war didn't concern them. The colonialists in the continent promised them freedom, should they fight. So more than a
Foreign Journalists together with Western and European elites love to hate him and paint him as an authoritarian leader with no respect for human rights. They take every opportunity they have to try and belittle him and other African leaders who refuse to be the West's puppet. President
How will you cope if you had no access to the Internet for about 5 days? Well, that is what Ethiopians just passed through. In what appears to new countermeasure tactics by African governments, the Internet was shut down in Ethiopia after the failed coup attempt on Saturday, June 22.
On Tuesday, Egyptian security agents moved to raid 19 businesses and arrested 8 activists allegedly linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood who they accuse of funding a plot to overthrow the state. Footage broadcast on Egyptian television showed police officers raiding the firms in the capital Cairo and the cities
What would you do if you are a billionaire stuck in a four-hour traffic jam? Would you sit it out and wait like everyone else? Social media went wild on Sunday as a video of a man being airlifted from a Nigerian highway notorious for its traffic jams. The man
The worst time to be a president is when you have to appear in parliament. This is because it gives the opposition MPs the opportunity to drill you before the watchful eyes of the public. You need to be a strong and dedicate president to leave such meetings with true
The is no doubt that President Kagame has done a great job in the area of infrastructure development in Rwanda. Many people wrote off Rwanda after the 1994 massacre, but the president has succeeded in turning the narrative. Today, the country does not look like one that experienced such a
In America, the government has been accused of establishing a concentration camp system on the country's southern border. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Representative tweeted, "This administration has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants, where they are being brutalized with
The ragtag Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militia remains a security threat, with active cells in Kenya’s northeastern counties although its capacity to stage regular attacks has been diminished. The organization has in the past few weeks focused on targets in the border regions of Mandera, Wajir, and Garissa where it has
Ethiopian-born Israeli Members of the Knesset (MKs) have expressed their grief for the four Ethiopian officials killed on Saturday during two attacks that were masterminded by Amhara Security head General Asamnew Tsige in an effort to seize control of Amhara, where ethnic tensions have been increasing as the country undergoes
The standoff between Rwanda and Burundi has led to speculations as to an imminent war between the two countries. While the closure of the Katuna border in February 2019 as a result of the row between the two countries saw the war rumours gain momentum with many contending that Uganda
With counting completed in nearly all polling stations, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said the ruling party's Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the election with 51.9% of the vote. This led Mauritania's government to declare victory. However, the opposition has said they could contest the
