Africa
Guinea-Bissau: The ‘narco-state’ the US virtually ignores
Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from a White House so concerned about drugs
December 19, 2025
Curiously, a presidential ‘coup’ and the country’s connections with the Latin American trade have drawn little attention from a White House so concerned about drugs
The debate is on about the renewal of the Development Finance Corporation and whether to tie international partnerships to Great Power Competition
Amid fears of a jihadist advance on Bamako, Washington must decide whether backing a failing junta would make the situation worse
By its absence, Washington cedes ground to China and Russia, which are eager to make inroads in the Global South
The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same
El Fasher's fall exposes the failure of Washington’s reliance on regional power brokers — many who are directly involved — to end the conflict
