Ramaphosa’s “Peace Initiative” with Ukraine is organized by a French businessman partnered with Rosatom.
Ramaphosa’s “Peace Initiative” with Ukraine and Rosatom.
Russia cuts off radiation sensor access at ZNPP to Ukraine
Russia switches off radiation sensors at Zaporizhzhya.
Can the AU live up to the mantra of ‘African solutions to African problems’?
Twenty years after its founding, the African Union faces severe headwinds – everything from personnel problems to the organisation’s ability to find lasting solutions to continental conflicts, writes LIESL LOUW-VAUDRAN. A YEAR after the first shots were fired in the…
Zimbabwe – navigating beyond the stalemate
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government claims it has addressed electoral reform, yet the trajectory ahead of polls in August could mean another term for the incumbents, something the country can ill afford, writes PIERS PIGOU. ZIMBABWE is heading for another round of…
Unmasking the Web of Disinformation in Africa
Africa is being aggressively targeted with disinformation campaigns by Beijing and Moscow to exploit the continent’s vast wealth of natural resources, while coercing its political leadership into backing China and Russia on the global stage.
Space Wars in Djibouti
The international race to commercialize and militarize space arguably began in earnest when American astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon on July 20th, 1969, uttering his famous phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Now,…
The General Goes to Washington
In American folklore and in our sense of national identity, imagined and real, the principled lone ranger – the Gen. George S. Patton type – has long infused America’s ideal of a hero. You see it in our novels –…
Moldova in the Kremlin’s crosshairs
Moldova has squarely been in the Kremlin’s crosshairs since the outset of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation.’ Ever since 1992, when the Russian army occupied the non-NATO country’s Transnistria region, the Moldovan government has been under tremendous pressure. It bent, then subsequently broke prompting the resignation of…
Fury As Musk’s No.2 Blocks Satellites For Ukrainian Troops
Starlink Satellites Being Turned Off To Block Ukraine From Using Them Militarily.
Putin’s Final Throw of the Dice: Throwing 500,000 Russian Soldiers Into Battle On The Anniversary Of The Ukraine Invasion
Putin to throw 500,000 troops into Ukraine War, as he goes on the offensive against Germany.
