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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...
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OpinionCommentary: How democracy’s spread dashed dreams of liberalism
“South Africa’s Zuma is out” was the Washington Post’s headline on Thursday morning. “Will things actually get better?” The question signifies more than journalistic skepticism. It points to a shift in the liberal worldview. South...
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BusinessMaking taxes work for the SDGs
BY JAN WALLISER Taxation plays a fundamental role in effectively raising and allocating domestic resources for governments to deliver essential public services and achieve broader development goals. Recently, discussions about tax avoidance and tax havens have...
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OpinionOPINION: Corroding Our Nascent Democracy: How the Government Introduced a Rule of Tyranny in Somalia
Mr. Abdirahman A. Warsame, Leader, Wadajir Party. On December 17, I survived a coordinated assassination attempt by heavily armed government units within the intelligence at our Wadajir Headquarter and residence in Mogadishu – a...