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OPINION
ANTALYA AGENDA: COP31 CAN TURN ZERO WASTE FROM A THEME INTO A DELIVERY DISCIPLINE
The annual UN conference gives decision-makers a chance to put Türkiye’s zero waste initiative at the heart of global climate action.
M. Fevzi Esen
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Why decisions in Yerevan matter for Africa
Conservationists continue to mount passionate calls for dedicated and more deliberate efforts towards conserving nature for the sake of future generations.
Chad–France: Which side needs the other more?
Twenty months after sending French troops home, N’Djamena has signed a declaration of intent with Paris on defence cooperation. Chad is turning back to its former partner, but it is now the one setting the terms.
By
Göktuğ Çalışkan
Algorithmic gaslighting: The hidden harm of AI in healthcare
Artificial intelligence promises speed and accuracy in healthcare, but it also decides whose symptoms count. The cost may be patients’ trust in their own bodies.
Africa must stop asking only 'what the world can sell us'
The question is whether we have the courage, discipline and mindset to start building at scale.
By
Kennedy Chileshe
CONGO'S MINERALS MOVE FAST, HEALTHCARE DOESN'T
Mineral-rich DRC has recorded more than 8,000 Ebola cases with more than 4,000 related deaths since mid-May amid slow international response.
By
Sare Şanlı
Why Houthi advances in Yemen raise concerns for Horn of Africa
Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed
Oct 7: Trauma, tragedy and the normalisation of Palestinian suffering
Ahmed Najar
Why knowing what happens next isn’t enough for Africa
Kweku Opoku-Agyemang
Türkiye and the UN: The world has outgrown the top five
Ankara’s call for urgent reforms to the global body reflects the mood and needs of the world that has long outgrown the circumstances that led to the creation of the UN.
By
Sabir Askeroglu
An open letter to the leaders of Africa
Africa must continue pushing for a permanent UN Security Council seat, but also strengthen the power it already holds. By building stronger institutions, economies and systems at home, the continent can turn its potential into power.
By
Kennedy Chileshe
UN chief race raises questions about representation, reform and what is at stake for Africa
As eight candidates compete to succeed António Guterres, the selection is drawing attention to regional rotation, the prospect of the first woman Secretary-General, the P5’s decisive power and Africa’s priorities.
By
Teta Mukulira,
Maria Gabriella
Who fears a strong Somalia?
Instead of questioning whether or not Somalia should be working with Türkiye, Gulf States, and Western Countries, the question should be, are these countries helping to further the national interests of Somalia?
By
Ismail Osman
Burnham’s ‘reset’ of foreign policy on Israel and Palestine is promising, but still falls short
The British government must walk the talk to stand by Palestine and the suffering people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
By
Yousra Samir Imran
What if Africa’s next battery breakthrough is already sitting in a university lab?
Perhaps Africa’s next major clean-energy company will not begin in a mine. Perhaps it will begin with a young African innovator, a stubborn idea and a problem that refuses to go unsolved.
By
Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe
FROM COBBLER TO BOATYARD MANAGER: HOW ONE YOUNG SOMALI FOUND A FUTURE IN FISHING
Nearly three-quarters of Somalis are under the age of 30, while around 400,000 young people enter the labour force each year, making skills development and access to decent work an important investment in the country’s long-term stability.
By
Abdirahman Jeylani
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The unending Iran war and Israel’s new low
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Why Uganda should revisit the Gaza deployment plan
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Netanyahu’s grand delusion: Türkiye and the imaginary threat
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Why strategic communication is essential to Somalia’s state-building journey
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AFRICA IS SELLING TIME, NOT MINERALS
Africa's real wealth today is not the cobalt, lithium, or graphite buried in its soil. It is the bargaining power that comes from a world desperate for those minerals.
By
Sare Şanlı
M. Fevzi Esen
Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed
Kweku Opoku-Agyemang
