• Abdullahi Mohamed Boru

The withdrawal from the port city of Berbera by regional powers distracted by war, marks the end of an external system that managed the Horn of Africa — and the beginning of a deeper structural collapse.

• Aidan Huang

In Chad, domestic labor between Chinese employers and local workers unfolds in private spaces where rules are missing and conflict fills the gap.

• Duncan McEachern Yoon

The author’s new book wants to clear away some of the misunderstandings that dog Africa and China relations. Here, he catalogs the books that guided him.

• Lion Summerbell

Investments in military infrastructure by global powers, such as China and the United States, have increased on the African continent in recent years.

• Grieve Chelwa

The rhetoric around “Africa rising” is giving us a false sense of comfort and distracting us from the real work that needs to happen.

• Elliot Ross

• Jonathan Faull

• Sean Henry Jacobs