Monday 13 July 2026
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The exclusion of Somali referee Omar Artan hardens the contradiction at the heart of the 2026 World Cup: a global tournament increasingly shaped by the politics of exclusion.…
The exclusion of Somali referee Omar Artan hardens the contradiction at the heart of the 2026 World Cup: a global tournament increasingly shaped by the politics of exclusion.…
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The Iran conflict is exposing the Horn’s structural dependence on vulnerable trade routes and its limited capacity to absorb external shocks.…
The Iran conflict is exposing the Horn’s structural dependence on vulnerable trade routes and its limited capacity to absorb external shocks.…
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A documentary lens on Ethiopia’s industrial push shows how jobs, land, and livelihoods are unevenly reshaped—benefiting investors while burdening workers and farmers.…
A documentary lens on Ethiopia’s industrial push shows how jobs, land, and livelihoods are unevenly reshaped—benefiting investors while burdening workers and farmers.…
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The politics of recognition in the Somali Horn reveals a deeper structural convergence, where opposing projects mirror each other in privileging symbolic validation over the material reconstruction necessary for genuine sovereignty.…
The politics of recognition in the Somali Horn reveals a deeper structural convergence, where opposing projects mirror each other in privileging symbolic validation over the material reconstruction necessary for genuine sovereignty.…
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Between languages lies a fertile distance where meaning is remade. To cross it is not to abandon one voice, but to discover many.…
Between languages lies a fertile distance where meaning is remade. To cross it is not to abandon one voice, but to discover many.…
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A redevelopment project in Nairobi’s Ngara district promises revival—but raises deeper questions about capital, memory, and who has the right to shape the city.…
A redevelopment project in Nairobi’s Ngara district promises revival—but raises deeper questions about capital, memory, and who has the right to shape the city.…
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iShowSpeed’s Africa tour is widely celebrated as respectful and refreshing, yet it operates within a long tradition of racialized spectacle that turns Africa into content and Blackness into performance.…
iShowSpeed’s Africa tour is widely celebrated as respectful and refreshing, yet it operates within a long tradition of racialized spectacle that turns Africa into content and Blackness into performance.…
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The continent’s struggle is not about broken institutions but a failed model of ‘auto-colonisation’ where elites treat citizens as subjects.…
The continent’s struggle is not about broken institutions but a failed model of ‘auto-colonisation’ where elites treat citizens as subjects.…
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After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.…
After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.…
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In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
In January 1964, a manual labourer from Uganda seized power in Zanzibar. The revolution, and the violence that followed in its wake, would reshape the region forever.…
