As Sudan Grapples With a Post-Bashir Future, Regional Powers Circle
In the battle to determine the future of Sudan after the ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, two foreign powers closely allied to the U.S. are playing an outsize role: Saudi Arabia and the...
Sudan’s Feared Intelligence Chief Resigns in Another Victory for Protesters
Sudan’s powerful intelligence chief resigned on Saturday, two days after the president was ousted, as huge crowds of demonstrators remained encamped outside the country’s military headquarters. By Friday night, the general who appeared to...
Understanding Japan’s Indo-Pacific Initiative
After making painstaking revisions in the past 18 months, Japan has come out with the region's most comprehensive policy -- the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) initiative. Tokyo's new framework calls for closer cooperation...
Egypt’s Parliament Votes to Expand Sisi’s Powers
Egypt's Parliament has approved constitutional changes that will allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to tighten his grip on government and stay in power until 2030, as authorities block a growing online petition against the...
Top Five Belt and Road Projects in Africa
For decades, political leaders across Africa have developed strong relations with their Chinese counterparts, establishing bonds built on hard-earned trust and mutual interest. As this relationship has developed, so has the African continent, with...
African Summit Gives Sudan Military Three Months for Reforms
African leaders meeting in Cairo on Tuesday agreed to give Sudan’s ruling military council three months to implement democratic reforms, Egypt said on Tuesday, amid pressure for a quick handover of power to civilians....
Investment: African Start-Ups Take Off
2018 was the year of the take-off of African start-ups. According to the study conducted by the investment company Partech, published in late March, the start-ups of the continent attracted $ 1.163 billion in...
African Leaders Attend Belt and Road Forum in Beijing
In this week, some African leaders went to Beijing to attend BRI forum between April 25 27. Besides the forum, some leaders had negotiated private with Xi Jinping like the presidents of the Kenyan...
Gold Worth Billions Smuggled out Of Africa
Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and...
Kenya Eyes SGR Cash as It Seals Three More Deals with China
Kenya has signed three more trade agreements with China with a view to unlocking billions of shillings to fund phase two of the Standard Gauge Railway. On his third visit to China in just...
