The US Expands the ‘Battle’ for Africa
Withdrawal from Iraq and now approaching time of withdrawal from Afghanistan does not mean that the US would no longer be exercising its military muscle in the world in order for securing its hegemonic interests. Withdrawal only implies a shift, though not a drastic one, from this...
The Troubling Truth Behind the Ebola Outbreak
In the Guardian's article, "Panic as deadly Ebola virus spreads across West Africa," it reports: Since the outbreak of the deadly strain of Zaire Ebola in Guinea in February, around 90 people have died as the disease has traveled to neighbouring...
Libya: Premier Removed, What Next
The events in Ukraine somewhat set off events happening in other parts of the world, including in Libya. The situation has worsened here once again, due to the resignation of Ali Zeidan, the second Prime Minister in the history of the new Libya...
Climate Change: A Threat to The Security of The Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
The topic of climate change is now on everyone’s lips and is considered a priority at the global level, yet Africa leads in the number of publications on the problem, producing, for example, four times more papers on the subject than in Asia. All scientists... Tunisia-Egypt: constitutional results of January 2014
January 2014 was rich in constitutional reforms for the North African region. The two leading countries in the region, Egypt and Tunisia, adopted new constitutions, designed to consolidate the achievements of the “Arab Spring”. Tunisia has always been considered...
Guinea: How Much Blood Pays for a Barrel of Oil?
Back in 2006 then-US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the politics of energy was “warping” diplomacy around the world. The very next week she opened a function attended by President Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo...
Paradoxes of "Peace Development" in Africa
Despite an extended period of civil and inter-state wars, ethnic strife and external intervention, Africa is said to be showing certain positive prospects of political change, economic stability and development. Not only have many African states shown signs of prosperity and peace but...
Algeria rushes into space
While a significant part of the Arab world has been forced to suffer the consequences of the so-called “Arab Spring” and radicalization of society, leading to increasing internal and external isolation, Algeria has made a bid for national creative accomplishments and strengthening of its international...
On the Influence of Urbanization on the Situation in Africa
The rapid urba- nization in Africa, taking place in recent years, is essentially a new factor. It presents a danger to the stability inside the countries of this continent, which, in...
Farewell, Nelson Mandela
The world says goodbye to Nelson Mandela, to a person who led millions of freedom fighters around the globe to their dream. He passed away at the age of 95, but to his final days he remained the tireless fighter for the liberty and identity of the African people. He has been one of the...
Sudan: on the brink of a new conflict?
In late October, the pro-South Sudan Ngok Dinka tribe in the disputed province of Abyei began to vote unilaterally to join the territory. Reports of this caused great anger in Khartoum and among the leaders of the nomadic Misseriya tribe, which is under its control and passes through the...
The Constitutional feats in the Arab Spring countries
The political impotence of the North Africa states that faced revolution movements rise in the 2010-2011 period doesn't come as much from political instability as from the absence of any adequate legal regulations. The authorities there tend to abuse power even despite the fact that most...