Headlines
Mali: Assimi Goïta Secures an Unlimited Mandate
In a Sahel left to its own devices, General Assimi Goïta cements his grip on Mali’s highest office with a legislative manoeuvre that voids any real democratic prospect for...
Finance
Beekmeyer’s Victory in Kenya: A Precedent in the Shadows
The recent court victory of British investor Keith Beekmeyer in Kenya, sealed through multiple rulings, is far more than a mere boardroom skirmish. At...
Headlines
Grok, tarnished by antisemitic messages: Yancarcini jumps ship
When a tech platform claims to embody absolute freedom, it is wise to watch what festers in its darkest corners. Grok, that latest algorithmic...
Geopolitics
PKK rapid disarmament: Öcalan’s ambiguous promise under Ankara’s watch
While Abdullah Öcalan vows a rapid disarmament of the PKK, official Turkey plays a cautious optimism card, and the Western press trumpets a fragile...
Geopolitics
Macron London visit, hollow handshake and hidden tensions
Chilly smiles behind the Entente Cordiale
When Emmanuel Macron crosses the Channel, one could almost imagine an old script being dusted off, replaying the charade...
Headlines
Mamadi Doumbouya Guinea, total power and silenced opposition
The great silence behind the acclamations
Four years after dragging Alpha Condé into forced exile, Mamadi Doumbouya rules Guinea like a clan chief in the...
Geopolitics
Trump Netanyahu White House: the brittle theatre of an illusory ceasefire
It’s a political spectacle whose backstage whispers reveal more than the scripted lines: Trump Netanyahu White House, a handshake staged to sell a so-called...
Geopolitics
BRICS Summit 2025: Xi and Putin Missing in Rio, and the Illusion of Multipolarity
Amid the sweltering humidity of Rio de Janeiro, the so-called emerging alternative to Western hegemony opens its doors to the world, yet behind the...
Geopolitics
Russia recognises the Taliban government in Afghanistan: weak signal or strategic provocation?
Sometimes, a seemingly mundane diplomatic gesture signals a deeper fault line. On 3 July 2025, when Moscow became, quite officially, the first state worldwide...
Headlines
Mandatory conscription in Denmark: under Russian threat, egalitarianism wears a uniform
This is a small kingdom long frozen in its postcard images of hygge, bike lanes, a reassuring monarch and the soft murmur of social...
Geopolitics
Eastern DRC: Is Rwanda Really Steering AFC/M23 Military Operations?
The latest explosive UN report accuses Kigali outright of orchestrating AFC/M23 military operations in eastern DRC. Behind the factual elements lurks a scenario that...