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A decade has passed since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan landed in Mogadishu at the height of one of Somalia’s worst famines, announcing grandiose projects like the launch of Turkish Airlines flights to the Somali capital, the remodeling of a hospital, and the opening of the biggest embassy in Africa, all designed to show that Turkey’s mission goes well beyond aid and that Ankara is an alternative to Somalia’s traditional donors. Erdoğan's historic visit earned him high prai...

In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion tons or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite.

On September 5th, President Alpha Condé was captured by the Guinean elite special force commander Col. Mamady Doumbouyah and his team. Col. Doumbouyah, the head of CNRD (National Committee of Reconciliation and Development) immediately dissolved the government, annulled the constitution, urged the former officials to report on the following day for a meeting, and insisted that…

Unlike oil markets, the stockpiling of metals and ores—such as alumina, bauxite, lithium, and copper—is opaque. The IEA is now urging countries to establish, or expand, strategic reserves of metals used in the energy transition to ensure bottlenecks do not slow progress in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, or cause price spikes.

While the fate of Guinea’s former President Alpha Condé remains unclear following a military coup on Sunday the 5th of September, the ongoing political turmoil is most likely a beginning of a repetitive cycle of a semi-democratic military governance observed across West Africa. Security Defection: Domestic vs. International Community Reactions Guinea is facing yet again…

The Africa-France summit in Montpellier started Friday with a number of separate discussions on democracy, development, the restitution of art, and sports. 

The new transitional prime minister was appointed by President Mamady Doumbouya who seized power in September

Should it be up to the military to decide when its fellow citizens are no longer free and to act on that decision against its civilian government? Is there such a thing as a good coup? In an ideal world, the answer to each of these questions is a resounding ‘no’. In an ideal world, moreover...

In the round-up: The ‘architect’ of the Rwandan 1994 genocide dies; the Nigerian government kills its citizens and the Twitter ban is lifted

In recent days, two former presidents have been targets of fake news. In DR Congo, a photo of Joseph Kabila has been circulating  with the claim he is alongside the former head of the armed group ADF…