Increasingly in recent months, international politics has been split down the red line of foreign policy—a demarcation dividing the EU and the US from Russia and China. Crises like the Read More..
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Winner Etisalat Prize for Literature: NoViolet Bulawayo
Winner of the maiden edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature, NoViolet Bulawayo has, in a genuine demonstration of sportsmanship, gifted her runner-up, Yewande Omotoso the Fellowship attached to her Read More..
African Intellectuals: Are They Measuring Up?
(Opinion Piece) They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, Read More..
Guinea Bissau: Out With the Old, in With the New?
For the first time in two decades, the divisive figure Kumba Yalá is not watching over Guinea-Bissau’s elections. But his legacy of corruption and unrest remains. In a one-minute video Read More..
The Architecture of Maternal Death
The architectural design of two newly built public maternity hospitals in Malawi, which has one of the world’s highest rates of women dying in childbirth, seeks to respect the human Read More..
African integration and a new president for Mali
As the world is witnessing the surprisingly smooth political transition in Mali, Morocco is not only determined to speed up the pace of its own partnership with African countries but Read More..