By InnerKwest Intelligence Desk | March 2026 SERIES | The Legitimacy Shift: Power, Representation, and the Future of Global GovernanceSpecial Analysis Independence on Paper, Constraint in Practice Across Africa, sovereignty is constitutionally affirmed, internationally recognized, and symbolically celebrated. Yet sovereignty operates on more than parchment. It functions through control over currency, security, capital flows, intelligence, and institutional leverage. The tension …
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