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CAF President Arrives in Dakar as AFCON Final Dispute Escalates

CAF President Arrives in Dakar as AFCON Final Dispute Escalates

Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe arrived in Dakar this week for high-level consultations with Senegalese authorities, as tensions continue to build over the disputed outcome of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final.

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The Third World War Africa Is Not Planning For

The Third World War Africa Is Not Planning For

If a third world war breaks out, Africa will feel it long before it fires a shot. Modern global wars rarely begin with formal declarations. They unfold through disrupted shipping lanes, cyber intrusions, food shortages,

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Fragmentation: Africa’s Quiet Act of Self-Sabotage

Fragmentation: Africa’s Quiet Act of Self-Sabotage

Africa’s greatest geopolitical weakness is not a lack of resources, talent, or ambition. It is fragmentation. In a world organised around blocs, Africa still negotiates as a collection of small economies, each pleading its case

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Africa’s Coup Crisis: How Governance Failures Fuel Military Takeovers

Africa’s Coup Crisis: How Governance Failures Fuel Military Takeovers

Another coup attempt in Guinea Bissau. Another wave of condemnations from regional blocs and international partners. Another reminder that Africa remains trapped in a cycle it claims to oppose but has failed to dismantle. The

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AFRICA DESK

AFRICA DESK

Africa is shifting faster than ever — politically, socially, economically, and technologically. The Africa Desk brings you clear, sharp, deeply researched breakdowns of the continent’s biggest changes. Our goal is to give readers context, clarity,

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Sudan’s Prolonged Conflict Enters a Critical Phase as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

Sudan’s Prolonged Conflict Enters a Critical Phase as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens

Sudan’s civil war has entered a dangerous new stage, with fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces intensifying in ways that are pushing the country toward collapse. Nearly two years after