International Focus

When the People Rise, Thrones Tremble  Across the African continent, a new wave is rising, fierce, relentless and unstoppable. From the lively streets of Madagascar to the resilient chants echoing through Cameroon and Tanzania, and from the determined transitions seen in Senegal, Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso, one thing is becoming clear: Africa is waking up. For too long, […]

America will no longer police Kenya and Somalia  Donald Trump fired a geopolitical thunderbolt across the world: America, he says, will “no longer police Kenya and Somalia.”  For anyone listening between the lines, that was not just a statement; it was a signal flare of retreat. Washington was pulling back its military and intelligence footprint, and in doing so, leaving East Africa dangerously