Decades after the end of slavery and colonialism, a new scramble for Africa is unfolding. Global powers like the United States, Russia, and China are vying for influence, promising partnerships…
Questions surrounding Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s past gained fresh momentum in June 2025 when he described the Belarusian businessman Alexander Zingman as his schoolmate at Chicago State University (CSU). The…
On any given weekend in Lagos, the city’s rhythm pulsates to the beat of Afrobeat. From the barbershops in the corner to upscale lounges in Ikoyi, from dusty streets to…
Africa’s pan-national institutions, from the African Union (AU) to regional blocs like ECOWAS and the East African Community (EAC), aim to foster unity and self-reliance. Yet, their heavy reliance on…
Nigeria’s infrastructure boom promised transformation: new roads, revived railways, and modernized airports. But beneath the fanfare of ribbon-cuttings and glossy blueprints lies a darker reality, bloated contracts, opaque deals, and…
When Miriam Makeba won a Grammy in 1966 alongside Harry Belafonte for An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba, she didn’t just make history, she shattered a global barrier. Makeba, fondly known as…
Eze has been at home for ten years. A decade after completing Nigeria’s mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), he remains unemployed despite countless applications to government agencies and private…
Keita Salif, the legendary Malian singer and songwriter, stands as a towering figure in African music, whose voice has carried the rhythms and stories of the continent to global audiences.…
Nathan Yashim remembers the smell of burning flesh more vividly than the screams. At dawn on a January morning, gunmen stormed his village in Southern Kaduna, shooting and slashing through…
China has announced its readiness to remove all tariffs on imports from the 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations. The pledge, made during a recent China-Africa cooperation…