Bauxite-Gold-Uranium (BGU): what the soldiers are controlling in West Africa
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. Last week’s coup in Niger plunged the West African region into a state of diplomatic and security confusion that had […]
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Russia-Africa Summit: yet another yardstick to measure the “real” weight of Russia in Africa
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. Last week, when news broke that President Putin will be absent from the BRICS meeting in South Africa, headlines attributed […]
Every news agency is potentially biased: a discerning consumer makes the difference
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. In recent years, there have been many issues concerning false news and propaganda that are churned out to consumers by news […]
The UAE could help shape human development in the DRC as it invests in the economy
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. The United Arab Emirates has emerged from a desert economy to one of the most economically diverse states in West Asia. 2. […]
Nigeria’s state of emergency on food security and Russia’s negative news on the grain deal
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. Earlier this year, I wrote a couple of pieces on Africa’s food crisis and how it could be more serious than […]
Sacrificing the honeymoon: Nigeria’s new administration may succeed if corruption and waste are kept at bay.
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. In Africa, the first hundred days of a new administration are often characterized by a great deal of triumphalism and […]
Could ranching help stabilise the Sahel and Savannah in the long term?
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. In the last decades Ghana has intermittently experienced fatal clashes between Fulani herdsmen and sedentary farmers. 2. The situation became […]
Why West Africa may have to deal with the effects of Sudan sooner or later
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. During the recent evacuation of foreigners from Sudan, Nigeria was one of the countries in West Africa that had to […]
Central African Republic: the state that literally lies in the middle of Africa’s challenges
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. As its name suggests Central African Republic lies directly in the heart of Africa. 2. Landlocked and rich in natural […]
Pretending all states are equal does not help Africa’s stability
By Fidel Amakye Owusu 1. The facts that African states guard their juridical sovereignty jealously and are very sensitive to the minutest “intrusion” in their […]