The Coup in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. Burkina Faso became a French colony in the year 1896. It got its independence as Upper Volta in 1960; the name Burkina Faso...
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Sudan’s power captured by the Military in a Coup
Recent events On 25 Monday 2021, the military seized the power by detaining the civilian government’s top five officials including the prime minister Abdallah Hamdok. The military general Abdel Fattah al Burhan has declared...
Africa’s glaciers to melt, millions of poor face drought, floods, UN says
Africa’s fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave 3% off continental GDP by mid-century, the U.N....
Why Algeria cut diplomatic ties with Morocco: and implications for the future
The breakup of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Morocco in August is the product of a long history of tension. The two nations have never had long periods of friendship, notwithstanding the many factors that bring...
Somalia’s toxic political and security order: The death knell of democracy
By the mid-1990s, it was clear to the world that Somalia had become Africa’s first failed post-colonial state. But this vast country of just 10 million people had had a glorious history before this calamity....
Nigerian Elections: Dictatorship anew with Buhari?
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has once again re-elected as the President of the country, Africa’s top economy and top oil producing country. The election has already witnessed some delay in days. Buhari has won...
