Africa

Africa

Israel Recognizes ‘Strategic’ Breakaway Somaliland Territory

Connor Echols / Responsible Statecraft Jan 7, 2026 Both countries have a lot to gain from the controversial new relationship — and, judging from the backlash, a lot to lose too. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Africa

Trump’s Christmas Day Strikes Raise the Question: Why Sokoto?

Taiwo Hassan / Responsible Statecraft Dec 29, 2025 The U.S. hit a majority Muslim area in Nigeria where ISIS has a questionable foothold and Christians are not being killed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Minnesota Was Promised to Us

Faisal Ali / Africa Is A Country Dec 12, 2025 Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Voices

The Open Veins of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Merveille Assani / Truthdig Dec 4, 2025 Big Tech and foreign countries scramble for the DRC’s critical minerals, fueling conflict and trapping locals in poverty. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Africa

Trump’s Beef With Nigeria

Yusuf Bangura / Africa Is A Country Dec 1, 2025 Threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

World

Saudi Pushes to Get UAE Out of Sudan Civil War

Elfadil Ibrahim / Responsible Statecraft Nov 28, 2025 With the latest peace agreement rejected, it's clear the only way to stop the bloodshed is for the US to take Abu Dhabi's interventions in hand. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Africa

The Coup Kids Are in Charge Now

Faisal Ali / Africa Is A Country Nov 20, 2025 Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Sovereignty for Some: Racism, Immigration and the Global Tax Order

Steven Dean and Sarah Sherman-Stokes / Truthdig Nov 4, 2025 How an obscure 20th-century tax rule ensured that newly decolonized nations would never fully escape the orbit of their colonizers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Africa

El Fasher’s Last Stand: ’The City Has Fallen’

Pavan Kulkarni / Peoples Dispatch Oct 30, 2025 With the last resistance fighter defending the city falling in battle, the besieged capital of North Darfur is under the control of paramilitary RSF, which has killed “most of the civilians who had remained inside." Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

Letter from Des Moines: Cary Fowler, the World Food Prize and the Ghost of Norman Borlaug

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Oct 30, 2025 At an annual corporate food powwow, Biotech and the State Department hungrily eye “opportunity crops” in Africa. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Film

The Limits of Vision

Corey Atad / Truthdig Oct 24, 2025 A new Obamas-produced documentary paints a shallow portrait of Ghanaian revolutionary leader Kwame Nkrumah. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

NATO War-Games Climate Collapse

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 15, 2025 In Montreal, the alliance discusses planetary tipping points — without the input of a U.S. government that has chosen to fly blind. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )