“Where there is no vision, the people perish; but where there is no truth, the people turn against each other.” The question of whether social media poses an existential threat to Nigeria may at first seem improbable. Yet in today’s Nigeria, where the political order is strained, where cohesion is brittle, where cynicism is rampant and […]

“A nation’s foreign policy begins where its sense of isolation ends”, Premier Zhou Enlai Any serious analysis of China’s overtures towards Africa must be grounded firmly in global geo-politics. When China’s Foreign Minister and State Councillor, Wang Yi, begins his annual diplomatic pilgrimage to Africa on 1 January 2026, he will be doing far more than observing […]

“In international politics, power is the ability to impose one’s will, but also the ability to inspire“- Raymond Aron In public discourse across West Africa today, France is often discussed through the lenses of geo-politics, military presence, and colonial memory. Yet, behind these sentiments lies a deeper reality: France is not merely a political or cultural actor; it […]

“The greatness of a country is not measured by the extent of its territory, but by the character of its people”—  Alexis de Tocqueville France occupies a controversial place in the imagination of many Africans today. In Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, public anger, coup-driven nationalistic hysteria, and geo-political realignments have combined to cast France as […]

“A nation is great not by its size alone, but by the justice it upholds and the ideals it serves”— Jean Juares There is a tendency in contemporary African discourse to reduce France to a set of political quarrels, historical grievances, and present-day misalignments. In the heated rhetoric of the Sahel, France is spoken of only […]