Gaza

EU–Egypt €7.4bn Pact: Can Money Buy Influence?

Europe bets €7.4bn on Egypt, turning Cairo from border guard to Gaza mediator as Brussels tests cash-for-diplomacy influence.

Gaza, Genocide, and Comedy, Right?

Comedian Mina Liccione on faith, Gaza, and why laughter is resistance: balancing art, truth, and healing with higher purpose.

Iron Dome 2.0: Türkiye Challenges Israel’s Iron Dome Supremacy

Ankara builds Steel Dome while Tel Aviv acknowledges Armenian events, pushing two former partners toward military and diplomatic collision.

El Fasher in Crisis: Genocide Under the RSF

Sudan’s RSF advances on El Fasher reveal a brutal social engineering project: ethnic cleansing, genocide, and demographic change in Darfur.

UN Charter At 80: A New Multipolar Order or the Reshaping of Multilateralism?

At 80, the UN faces crises from Ukraine to Gaza. With veto paralysis and defiance of norms, multilateralism risks irrelevance.

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Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices

As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.

Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace

Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.

Africa on Stream: IShowSpeed and a New Online Map of the Continent

As American streamer IShowSpeed's "Speed Does Africa" tour averaged 80,000 concurrent viewers across 20 countries between 29 December 2025 and 26 January 2026, the 28-day broadcast raised old questions about who gets to show the continent and how.

Netanyahu Aide Bypasses Military Censors via German Tabloid

Behind the headlines of a German tabloid lies a high-stakes effort to bypass Israeli military censors.

Washington Challenges the Sovereignty of Smaller Partners

A superpower’s casual rhetoric regarding its neighbours hints at a new global order where small-state sovereignty acts as the currency for military security.