Africa’s New Assertion At this year’s United Nations General Assembly, Africa did not come to plead. It came to demand. From Kenya’s William Ruto to Ghana’s president, from Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to the growing influence of Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, the message was the same: Africa will no longer be spoken for, sidelined, or patronized. […]
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Africa’s New Assertion At this year’s United Nations General Assembly, Africa did not come to plead. It came to demand. From Kenya’s William Ruto to Ghana’s president, from Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to the growing influence of Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, the message was the same: Africa will no longer be spoken for, sidelined, or patronized.
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In the shadowed pews of the chapel of Sacred Heart College, Mankon, Bamenda, the late Archbishop Paul Verdzekov, who left us in 2010, once thundered a soul-searching homily that still echoes in my mind like a thunderclap in the rainy season: “I am suspicious of education,” he bellowed. Himself an erudite scholar, he was not
In the shadowed pews of the chapel of Sacred Heart College, Mankon, Bamenda, the late Archbishop Paul Verdzekov, who left us in 2010, once thundered a soul-searching homily that still echoes in my mind like a thunderclap in the rainy season: “I am suspicious of education,” he bellowed. Himself an erudite scholar, he was not
France’s Sahel Fallout: Economic Aftershocks from Africa’s Defiant Expulsion PARIS – The swift expulsion of French forces from the Sahel has left a gaping hole in France’s economic armour. Since the final withdrawals in 2025—from Niger’s uranium fields to military bases across Mali, Burkina Faso, and beyond—Paris is confronting a harsh reality: its postwar prosperity
France’s Sahel Fallout: Economic Aftershocks from Africa’s Defiant Expulsion PARIS – The swift expulsion of French forces from the Sahel has left a gaping hole in France’s economic armour. Since the final withdrawals in 2025—from Niger’s uranium fields to military bases across Mali, Burkina Faso, and beyond—Paris is confronting a harsh reality: its postwar prosperity
On September 9, 2025, the waters of the Blue Nile bore witness to more than the turning of turbines. They bore witness to a declaration—that Africa, at last, is claiming its own power. In the highlands of Ethiopia, where the river cuts deep through rock and history, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) roared to
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On September 9, 2025, the waters of the Blue Nile bore witness to more than the turning of turbines. They bore witness to a declaration—that Africa, at last, is claiming its own power. In the highlands of Ethiopia, where the river cuts deep through rock and history, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) roared to
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Paul Biya’s Phantom Campaign: The World’s Laziest Candidate Eyes an Eighth Term. At 92, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has turned political inertia into an art form. On July 13, 2025, he announced via a cryptic X post that he’s running for an eighth term in the October 12 presidential election, dangling a vague promise that
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Paul Biya’s Phantom Campaign: The World’s Laziest Candidate Eyes an Eighth Term. At 92, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has turned political inertia into an art form. On July 13, 2025, he announced via a cryptic X post that he’s running for an eighth term in the October 12 presidential election, dangling a vague promise that
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