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OpinionTurkey and Africa are Building a Solid Partnership
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu As Turkey marks the annual Africa Day, I take the opportunity to celebrate Africa’s achievements and rejoice in our developing partnership. Africa’s ascendancy makes all Turks proud and...
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OpinionCountries must compete for migrant workers to boost their economies
Instead of keeping migrants out, countries should consider the economic benefits of letting them in. Zoltan Major/Shutterstock Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, University of the Witwatersrand Politicians and the media expend inordinate amounts of energy debating migration,...
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FeaturedHarbouring ambitions: Gulf states scramble for Somalia
A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on one side, with...
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OpinionWinnie Madikizela-Mandela: revolutionary who kept the spirit of resistance alive
South African liberation struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81. EPA-EFE/Jon Hrusha Shireen Hassim, University of the Witwatersrand No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that...
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OpinionThree state visits kicks off the “big year” for China-Africa relations in 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcome ceremony for visiting Cameroonian President Paul Biya before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Tao)...
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OpinionWhy Africa’s free trade area offers so much promise
African leaders meet in Kigali to sign the continent’s free trade agreement. Paul Kagame/Flickr Prof. Landry Signé, Stanford University African leaders have just signed a framework establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, the largest...
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OpinionInvesting in Somalia: The Oil and Gas sector
File Photo: online By Hassan Mohamud Somalia’s strategic location and it’s natural resource enrichment has made the country an economic and geo-strategic gateway for the region as exemplified by the major presence of foreign companies...
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OpinionWhy the state of emergency in Ethiopia could destabilise the Horn of Africa
Protests are taking place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region an opposition stronghold. Zehabesha/Courtesy Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn sent shock waves through the region when he abruptly tendered his resignation....
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FeaturedHow an Ethiopia-backed port is changing power dynamics in the Horn of Africa
Shipping vessels seen off the Djibouti port in the Gulf of Aden. EPA/Mazen Mahdi Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University and Ash Rossiter, Khalifa University When Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1993, Ethiopia became...
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OpinionThe Somalia-Somaliland talks. A crossroads or a dead end?
Ex Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, former Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and ex Somaliland’s President Ahmed Siilaanyo laugh during a meeting in Ankara, on April 13, 2013. PHOTO | AFP. By Abdikadir D. Askar Somaliland’s...