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Andrzej Pawluszek

Aug 4, 2026, 5:50 PM

Rwanda’s Gorillas and a Lesson for the UN

In Rwanda, a UN-backed tourism program helps women and young people earn a living, supports conservation and teaches schoolchildren to protect biodiversity. In Gaza, UNRWA faces evidence that members of its workforce were affiliated with Hamas and, in some...

Aug 3, 2026, 2:05 PM

Aid, Power, and Patronage: The Crisis of Governance in Somalia

Over the past four decades, Somalia’s state-building efforts have been repeatedly weakened by corruption, patronage, political clientelism, and elite self-preservation. External intervention, climate shocks, and violent insurgency have also mattered, but failures of leadership have hollowed out institutions, fragmented...

Jul 28, 2026, 4:44 PM

Israel Must Read China’s Africa Tech Map

The next China-Israel story may begin far from Haifa, Tel Aviv, or Washington. It may begin in Cairo, where Huawei is selling AI infrastructure to Egyptian companies; in Rabat, where a Chinese battery giant is backing Morocco’s electric-vehicle ambitions;...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 22, 2026, 6:17 AM

Redi Tlhabi and the Death of a Word

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When a contested legal conclusion becomes editorial shorthand, it stops protecting the people who need it. On July 15, more than 1,000 people gathered at New York’s Town Hall for the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s inaugural Global Leadership Forum. Mayor Zohran...

Abdullahi Hussein Daud

Jul 15, 2026, 6:16 AM

Turkey’s Strategic Blunder on Somaliland

For years, Turkey has systematically obstructed Somaliland's pursuit of international recognition while portraying itself as an impartial mediator in the Horn of Africa. This policy exposes a glaring double standard. Ankara fiercely defends and militarily protects the Turkish Republic...

Grant Arthur Gochin

Jul 12, 2026, 9:05 PM

The Standard Pretoria Built

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South Africa built a legal standard at The Hague. It now applies at the Limpopo. Mqondisi Moyo's statement of July 12 needs no help from me, and it needs no mention of Israel. The facts inside South Africa are enough....

Jul 7, 2026, 3:06 AM

Beyond Recognition: Israel, US, Somaliland, & the New Strategic Enviroment

Member of Somaliland Security Forces - 2013

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With the end of the 2026 US-Iran conflict, the strategic alignments of the greater Middle East will begin to reshape themselves to adjust to the new post-conflict reality. Already, there are indications of the potential formation of a Saudi-Egypt-Pakistan-Turkey...

Paulie Mugure Mugo

Jul 7, 2026, 3:04 AM

Israel’s 78th Anniversary Event in Nairobi Celebrates Long-Standing Partnership

When Kenya gained independence in December 1963, Israel was among the first countries to formally recognize the new nation, at a time when Golda Meir was serving as Israel's Foreign Minister. That early gesture of diplomacy helped set the...

Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 AM

Fifty Years Later, the Spirit of Entebbe lives on

Yoni Netanyahu z"l. Illustration©️Tuvia Book, 2026

Fifty years ago, on America's bicentenary, elite Israeli commandos, led by thirty-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, rescued over one hundred hostages from Entebbe, over 2000 miles from Israel, in a daring operation that stunned the world. The only military...

Jun 30, 2026, 5:39 PM

Djibouti: Ethiopia’s High-Stakes Quest for Maritime Freedom

Since Eritrea’s independence in 1993, Ethiopia has been landlocked, relying heavily on Djibouti for access to global trade. Today, over 90 percent of Ethiopia’s imports and exports pass through Djibouti’s ports, creating a relationship that is both economically interdependent...

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