On the Brink: How Escalation Between Israel and Iran Could Ignite a Global Conflict The world is edging closer to a global conflict—potentially even a nuclear one—than many imagined possible just months ago. At the center of this escalation is Israel, whose increasingly aggressive posture in the Middle East is pulling major powers toward confrontation.Continue reading
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— Title: Teargas and Tuxedos: A Nation Divided as Budget Meets Protest The simultaneous occurrence of two starkly different events on the same day—Finance Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi reading the 2025/2026 budget estimates and protesters demanding justice for slain teacher Albert Ojwang—offers a haunting snapshot of Kenya’s fractured state. As national television broadcast a split-screenContinue reading
Kenya: A Democracy Without Democrats In theory, Kenya is a democracy. In practice, it is anything but. The state-sponsored abductions, extrajudicial killings of government critics, and the violent suppression of peaceful protests are not the signs of a functioning democratic state. They are hallmarks of a regime sliding deeper into authoritarianism—cloaked in democratic clothing. WhatContinue reading
Op-Ed: In Global Politics, You’re Either at the Table — or on the Menu “If you’re not at the table in the international system, you’re on the menu.”These were the words of former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the 2024 Munich Security Conference — a strikingly candid admission of the brutal calculus thatContinue reading
Opinion: The Myth of African Unity
Kwame Nkrumah,a great Pan-Africanist and the first president of Ghana, penned down an interesting and a famous book among leaders and “Pan-Africanists” alike titled “Africa Must Unite.” In this book, Nkrumah passionately posits that the only feasible path to Africa’s development will be through unity. In other words, without Africa’s unity there will be noContinue reading “Opinion: The Myth of African Unity”
Africa: The Only Way
Africa and poverty are almost synonymous. It is virtually impossible to mention Africa without poverty coming to one’s mind. It doesn’t mean that the whole Length and breadth of the continent is poor. It is just a picture deliberately painted by foreign media to their audience to show that Africa is uncivilized and nothing goodContinue reading “Africa: The Only Way”
Opinion: Did the US get it wrong this time?
US government immersed itself into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine when it decided to supply weapons to the Kiev regime and to initiate an economic war against the Russian Federation. However, to be sincere, things have not gone Washington’s way when one looks through the mound of propaganda which is being spewed aimlessly byContinue reading “Opinion: Did the US get it wrong this time?”
IS BRICS A THREAT TO THE HEGEMONY OF THE WEST?
The fundamental question which most geopolitical analysts frequently ask themselves is whether the new organization,BRICS, will eventually change the power dynamics and dislodge western hegemony from its comfortable throne and usher in a new era of multilateralism which is so much desired by the countries of the global South. This is apparently the chief goalContinue reading “IS BRICS A THREAT TO THE HEGEMONY OF THE WEST?”
Us-Africa Leaders summit
The Us-Africa leaders summit adds to an unending long list of summits, forums and conferences organized in the name of or about Africa. The three day summit was scheduled to run from 13th to 15th of December. There has been numerous of such summit though this was just the second Us-Africa leaders summit to beContinue reading “Us-Africa Leaders summit”
France and Russia: A new cold war in Africa
The diplomatic war which has been furtively fought in the shadows is increasing becoming laid bare. The gloves are off and full-blown war of words has been let loose. In a recent interview,the French president Emmanuel Macron steadfastly bemoaned the presence and influence of Russia across the African continent. He lamented that Russia’s end goalContinue reading “France and Russia: A new cold war in Africa”