As strongmen at the helm of superpower nations trample international norms, they promise a “new world order”. So far, however, most people have felt only the rupture, not the order. In an op-ed written exclusively for The Continent (p14),...
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Burkina Faso has ordered the dissolution of 200 more nongovernmental organisations, in keeping with Captain Ibrahim Traoré telling Burkinabé to “forget” about democracy. The move follows a law last year restricting the activities of...
Mali’s military leader Assimi Goïta has appointed himself defence minister, succeeding Sadio Camara. Camara was killed by a suicide car bomb at his residence during coordinated insurgent attacks that left 23 people dead nationwide....
The US plans to lift sanctions on Eritrea, strategically located on the Red Sea, to secure an alternative shipping route amid Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. The sanctions were imposed in 2021 under former US...
Ugandan legislators have passed the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, a law similar to “foreign agent” laws enacted in several countries including Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Nicaragua and Russia. It imposes jail time of up to 20 years in prison...
Child soldiers from Sudan’s civil war have become viral TikTok content creators, some attracting hundreds of thousands of followers. Known as “lion cubs”, the boys appear in uniform with senior commanders, carrying weapons and...
