4 November 2021 By Gwynne Dyer Something is going wrong in Africa. Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous countries on the continent, are both stumbling towards disintegration. There are now 54 sovereign African countries, which really ought to be enough, but in a few years there could be 60. Ethiopia is closer to the […]
16 October 2021 By Brian Mukhwana and Wafula Okumu Kenyan troops watch the sea around Kismayu. An immediate withdrawal of the Kenyan military from Somalia could be interpreted as surrender, but continued presence could expose the troops to terrorist attacks and spur a Kenya military surge in Somalia. PHOTO | FILE The decision on the […]
21 September 2021 By Luka Kuol Residents hang from a bus and hold a South Sudanese flag in the disputed Abyei region of Sudan. ALI NGETHI/AFP via Getty Images The border between Sudan and South Sudan is set to be reopened after 11 years. This follows the two countries reaching an agreement in August to end […]
19 September 2021 By Nqobani Ndlovu ZIMBABWE is lagging behind in mapping the country’s borders in line with the African Union Border Programme (AUBP), with only 20% having been demarcated since 2011. The AUBP was adopted in 2007 under the theme Preventing Conflicts and Promoting Integration with ambitious goals of “delimitation and demarcation of African […]
05 September 2021 By Sulaimon Salau Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Africa’s cross-border informal trade now worth about $93 billion (about N46.5 trillion) yearly.Osinbajo, in a message delivered at a ‘Roundtable on Industrialization in Africa’ organized by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to celebrate its Golden Jubilee, said the African Continental Free […]
23 September 2021 By The Maritime Executive Image courtesy ICJ The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to make a ruling on the longstanding maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia, a development that is expected to have far-reaching ramifications on the use of Indian Ocean waters claimed by the two nations. Somalia’s Deputy Prime […]
24 Aug 2021 Algeria is cutting diplomatic relations with Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramdane Lamamra said, accusing its neighbour of “hostile actions”. Morocco and Algeria have had strained relations for decades, mainly over the issue of Western Sahara. “Algeria has decided to cut diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Morocco from today,” Lamamra said at […]
21 August 2021 The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC) has reaffirmed the intangibility of borders inherited at independence during the settlement of border disputes in the African continent, said a statement issued Friday. In a communiqué sanctioning the work of its 1024th meeting held at ministerial level, the PSC reiterates “the […]
24 August 2021 By Bob Karashani Tony Blair, former UK prime minister, Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Howard Buffett, CEO, Howard G. Buffet Foundation at the World Economic Forum in Kigali in 2016, themed “Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation”. PHOTO | AFP Comesa is recommending adoption of a digital payment system that supersedes similar […]
23 August 2021 By Garang Malak South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok shake hands on September 12, 2019 in Juba, South Sudan. PHOTO | AKUOT CHOL | AFP Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to open their borders after 11 years.This was announced after a meeting between South Sudan’s […]
