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Send us Fan Mail The Sahel faces total state collapse following the fall of the strategic town of Kidal and the assassination of Mali’s Defence Minister by jihadist militants. As Russia’s $109 million-a-month protection fails to secure capitals, the Alliance of Sahel States is fracturing, forcing desperate juntas to reconsider Western aid amid a unified insurgent blitz.  

Send us Fan Mail African cities are often dismissed as chaotic, but new insights from "Atlas of Uncertainty: Journeys Transforming African Cityscapes" suggests they are masterclasses in fluidity. By navigating physical, digital, and aspirational realities simultaneously, urban Africans turn uncertainty into a survival skill. This episode explores why the "mess" is actually a so...

Send us Fan Mail The "Forever Presidency" is evolving. From Cameroon’s dynastic succession to Zimbabwe’s legal engineering and Djibouti’s electoral erasures, the "Gerontocrat" playbook treats nations as private property. Meanwhile as leaders prioritise failing "reforms" over actual leadership, the African Union remains paralysed—leaving a younger generation effectivel...

Send us Fan Mail As Rwanda commemorates the 32nd anniversary of 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi amidst Trump’s modern-day threats to wipe Iranian civilisation, a horrific nursery massacre in Kampala signals a new era of "lone-wolf" violence. We interrogate the failure of mental health care in Uganda and whether the continent’s "trauma debt" is finally exploding.

Send us Fan Mail A UN vote declaring slavery the gravest crime lays bare global fault lines, as the US, Israel, and Argentina reject it and Europe abstains. Is this denial, or rare honesty about power? Meanwhile, new US–Africa health deals spark fears of “biopiracy,” raising a harder question: is Africa being exploited again, or negotiating poorly in a new age where genetic data may be the contine...

Send us Fan Mail Justice finally calls as a Brussels court orders 93-year-old Étienne Davignon to stand trial for the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba. We connect this historic break in colonial silence to the current nightmare in Sudan—where hospitals are being decimated by drones while the US-Israel war on Iran chokes Africa with fuel shortages, spiking prices, and a volatile new Red Sea re...

Send us Fan Mail We tear into the corrupt CAF Appeals Board decision that stripped Senegal of their AFCON title two months after the final whistle, handing a "default" victory to Morocco in a move that has set African football ablaze. We pivot to the high-stakes West African gamble of the Eco currency, questioning if a regional monetary union is a path to sovereignty or a nightmare where...

Send us Fan Mail In 2026, the global order is fracturing. As the US-Israel-Iran war cripples the Gulf and closes the Strait of Hormuz, African "oil giants" like Nigeria and Mozambique are seeing their reserves soar. But beneath the surface-level profits, a darker reality emerges. From the EAC's hollow expansion to ECOWAS's role as a "civilian enforcer," we explore whe...

Send us Fan Mail The Middle East has exploded into war, and Africa is caught between a windfall and a wipeout. While the Suez Canal dies, South African ports see possibilities of minting money as the world’s essential pitstop. Nigeria and Angola could bask in an oil payday if the war is drawn out, but for the rest of the continent, "petrol-inflation" and fertiliser shortages threaten to...

Send us Fan Mail Museveni’s 71% landslide is haunted by the mystery of Bobi Wine, whose post-election disappearance via "mystery helicopter" signals a deep legitimacy crisis. Internally, a debt-ridden economy—projected at 55.5% of GDP—threatens NRM’s patronage system, while the Speakership becomes a succession frontline. Regionally, Uganda is playing a high-stakes double game, hosting RS...

Send us Fan Mail Africa stands at a crossroads. In South Africa, a new “Post-Heroic” era is quietly taking shape, focusing on pragmatic infrastructure, institutional stability, and a vision of unity. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, some of the continent’s brightest reformers, once celebrated young stars like Nuhu Ribadu and Nasir El-Rufai,  find themselves trapped in political battles and toxic civil confl...

Send us Fan Mail Nigeria is facing a dangerous escalation of terrorism and mass kidnappings, with armed groups exploiting weak governance, porous borders, and ungoverned spaces. In this in depth conversation, security and conflict expert Murtala Abdullahi, who specializes in the Lake Chad region, examines how terror networks, including Boko Haram factions and criminal bandit groups, are expanding...

Send us Fan Mail As African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa February 14-15, 2026, for the 39th AU Summit, the Union confronts its sternest test since 2002. From water security and reparatory justice to cyber-warfare, sham elections and a cash-strapped Somalia mission, critics say the AU looks weak and “tin-eared.” With Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye assuming the chair amid the DRC war,...

Send us Fan Mail From Morocco’s flooded streets to the "gilded cage" of the Grammys in Hollywood, we tear down the curtains of African victimhood. We tackle Climate Scapegoating, asking why Mozambique schools collapse while Bangladesh saves thousands, and why we allow our leaders to blame the sky for infrastructure failures and corrupt contracting. Switching gears to the arts, we debate...

Send us Fan Mail This week we dive into the fallout of Davos 2026. As Trump and Carney spar over the ruins of globalism, Africa has moved from "at the table" to "on the menu." We ask: why is the continent’s leadership silent while the world carves up the new map? Plus, the IShowSpeed phenomenon. He generated 93.1 billion impressions in Kenya and became the first Black creator t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dissect Uganda’s election where Yoweri Museveni extended his 40-year reign toward 45, following internet blackouts, state violence, and the dramatic escape of rival Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) from a security siege. We explore the motives behind Donald Trump’s $15,000 visa bonds targeting mostly African nations. Plus, we celebrate Senegal’s AFCON victory agai...

Send us Fan Mail With Israel becoming the first UN member to formalize diplomatic ties, the Horn of Africa is entering a new era of geopolitics. In this video, we break down how the so-called "Periphery Doctrine" alliance is reshaping regional power dynamics, shifting influence away from Mogadishu, and challenging the long-standing vision of a "Greater Somalia." We also explore...

Send us Fan Mail Uganda heads into the January 15, 2026 elections under the long shadow of President Yoweri Museveni, a leader who has dominated the country’s political life for nearly four decades and is now seeking what would amount to 45 years in power . At 82, and amid visible signs of physical strain and deteriorating national infrastructure, Museveni is once again asking Ugandans for more ti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we take a deep dive into yet another failed military coup in West Africa and what it reveals about shifting power dynamics across the continent. We unpack how Nigeria, alongside other regional and international players, moved quickly to freeze what many have begun calling the “coup belt,” and why this particular intervention mattered. The conversation then widens...

Send us Fan Mail Guinea-Bissau’s newest putsch is more than just another headline — it’s the latest chapter in a nation shaped by five decades of coups, contested elections, and power struggles between military elites and political cartels. Once branded West Africa’s “narco-state,” Guinea-Bissau continues to battle the shadow networks that have defined its instability and weakened its institutions...

Send us Fan Mail South Africa pulls off a major diplomatic win in Johannesburg as the world’s richest nations agree to debt relief and climate financing—even without the United States at the table. Meanwhile, Nigeria faces one of its toughest moments yet, battling a surge in militant attacks and mass school kidnappings that have shaken the nation. And in Sudan, the crisis deepens: mass killings, f...

Send us Fan Mail As pressure grows from Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Chad for reliable port access, South Africa’s G-20 presidency tests whether global power can meet African realities.

Send us Fan Mail As Africa’s youth rise and leaders retreat into fear or fury, Morocco bends while others break. Rabat’s monarchy buys peace with reforms and royal calm. In Tanzania, the ballot turned into a battlefield, leaving hundreds dead and a nation reeling. And from across the ocean, Donald Trump stokes new anger, snubbing South Africa’s G-20 summit with a baseless claim about the “slaughte...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bad Natives Podcast, we dissect two storms shaping global power and perception — one in Tanzania, and one in Washington. In Tanzania’s October 2025 election, President Samia Suluhu Hassan secured a Soviet-style 98% victory, the kind of landslide that says less about popularity and more about the performance of power. Opposition leaders were jailed, rallies were...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bad Natives Podcast, we dive into the paradox at the heart of modern African politics: the rise of democratic dictators — leaders who speak the language of reform while quietly redrawing the rules of freedom. From Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose early charm offensive promised openness after Magufuli’s era but now faces mounting scrutiny for tight...