Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Africa”
By Solomon Desta– InnerKwest Contributor | September 10, 2025 Ethiopia as a Different Kind of Light In the chronicles of world history, few nations stand as firmly outside the tide of conquest and manipulation as Ethiopia. Unlike most of Africa, Ethiopia resisted colonization and preserved its sovereignty in both political and spiritual terms. The Battle of Adwa in 1896 remains …
By InnerKwest Editorial-Research Desk • August 16, 2025 Executive Summary Across Africa, sovereignty functions on a spectrum—pulled by foreign military footprints and air operations, hard-currency pegs and IMF programs, port leases and security pacts, and recognition politics. This report maps where external levers are strongest right now and explains how they translate into day-to-day constraints on government choices. Vectors of …
By Guest InnerKwest Contributor: Capetown, South Africa Introduction Orania, a privately owned Afrikaner enclave in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, remains one of the most provocative social experiments in post-apartheid Africa. Founded in 1991 with a mission to preserve Afrikaner culture and language, Orania is often viewed as a form of voluntary segregation. But as the town quietly expands economically …
By InnerKwest Intelligence Desk A Currency Born in Colonization The CFA franc, a vestige of French colonial rule, remains one of the most enduring—and contentious—symbols of European influence in Africa. Created in 1945 by France, the “Franc des Colonies Françaises d’Afrique” was designed to serve as a shared currency for French-ruled territories in West and Central Africa. Today, more than …
📰 INNERKWEST FEATUREIntelligence Desk | InnerKwest.com A UN Move to Africa — But Who Still Holds the Power? The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is relocating a quarter of its New York-based staff to Nairobi, Kenya—a move quietly unfolding with far-reaching implications. While the stated goal is decentralization and cost savings, African observers, sovereignty advocates, and geopolitical analysts are asking …
By InnerKwest Intelligence Desk 🔓 The Walls Were Never Ours Africa stands at a crossroads, once again—this time, not in chains, but in choice. A choice to rise above the invisible fences drawn by foreign rulers over a century ago. The Borderless Africa campaign, spearheaded by Africans Rising, is far more than a political movement. It is a collective act …
How Soft Power, Foreign Influence, and Internal Fractures Constrain Africa’s Pursuit of True Sovereignty By InnerKwest Editorial At first glance, the African Union (AU) is the proud symbol of a continent rising. Its marble halls, diplomatic summits, and bold declarations reflect the aspirations of over a billion people seeking unity, development, and self-determination. But beneath the surface, a complex web …
By Mariam El NourReporting from El Fasher, North Darfur | InnerKwest Field Desk “We used to hear the sound of birds in the morning. Now, it’s only drones and the wailing of children.” 🔴 A Humanitarian Catastrophe in Real Time While headlines blare from Gaza, Tehran, and Tel Aviv, a quieter but equally devastating apocalypse unfolds in Sudan. Over 25 …
InnerKwest Staff | Investigative Culture Report Introduction: The Color Line, Still Drawn From Accra to Manila, from Mumbai to Kingston, and from the halls of Hollywood to the stages of K-pop, a global obsession simmers just beneath the surface: the pursuit of lighter skin. It manifests in billboards, beauty products, music videos, and social media filters. But this isn’t merely …
InnerKwest Guest Author: M.K. Kwanazi(Pan-African strategist and social architect) “Africa is not a beggar. She is a builder, a birther, and the backbone of civilizations past and future.” Yet here we stand in 2025, still watching foreign NGOs, global development banks, and billionaire philanthropists play savior while generations of African youth wait for handouts instead of harvesting the untapped brilliance …
