Since its independence in 1986, Uganda has been ruled by President Yoweri Museveni, who is now 81 years old and has secured reelection with 72% of the vote, while his greatest opponent, Bobi Wine, only amassed 25%. While this figure … Continue reading
Category: Africa
The Case of Sudan: What UAE’s Actions Mean for Contemporary Interventionism
On March 5, 2025, the Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (IJC) of complicity in genocide in its relations to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group that has allegedly committed … Continue reading
First Year Voices, World AIDS Day: HIV Prevention at the Nexus of Gendered Fishing Economies in the Lake Victoria Region
For fishing communities situated along Sub-Saharan Africa’s Lake Victoria, HIV is an ever-present challenge. The lake, a cornerstone of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda’s fishing economies, is also the site of a persistent HIV crisis. Currently, the rate of HIV in … Continue reading
First Year Voices, World AIDS Day: USAID Post-Mortem, What’s Next for HIV Prevention in Nigeria?
Within one week of US President Donald Trump’s January 2025 announcement of Executive Order 14169 to suspend all USAID funding, 36% of organizations that received funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Initiative (PEPFAR) reported having already had … Continue reading
First Year Voices, World AIDS Day: When AIDS Affects the ‘Nobody’
It is no surprise that funding cuts, most notably the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, have weakened countries’ health sectors, making prevention, treatment, and care of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and in its most advanced form, AIDS, exigent. … Continue reading
What the Videos of the El-Fasher City Massacre Tell Us About the War in Sudan
Recently, videos circulated online depicting the massacres in Sudan by the RSF, which a Yale institute analysis of drone footage has corroborated. One video depicts RSF soldiers taunting captured men and boys before summarily executing them, a manner reminiscent of … Continue reading
Is Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré the New Face of Pan-Africanism?
Since Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s ascension to power in Burkina Faso in 2022, he has garnered a controversial reputation as a symbol of anti-imperialism for some and a continuation of military authoritarianism for others. Through rhetoric and policy, he represents a … Continue reading
Cuban in Eswatini or Nigerian in Togo? The Potential Pilot Program for American Deportees
As many are already aware, the Trump administration has promised strict mass deportation, purportedly in an effort to protect the U.S. from crime. Already, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims 600,000 people have been deported since January. Shockingly to … Continue reading
The IMF and World Bank: Neocolonial Domination, Debt Trap, and Resistance in the Global South
The Global South is currently facing what was once referred to as a “silent crisis” by the United Nations: an escalating debt emergency, with many countries struggling to pay off their debt obligations due to exorbitant interest rates, … Continue reading
La diplomatie de la Russie dans les pays du Sud : développement ou domination?
La Russie se présente comme une alternative à l’influence occidentale dans le Sud global, notamment en Afrique, grâce à des accords économiques, énergétiques et sécuritaires. Derrière un discours anticolonial séduisant, sa stratégie renforce néanmoins des formes de dépendance au service … Continue reading