Category: Africa
-
Economy of the Françafrique
In 1960, 17 African countries achieved formal independence, in what is known as the “Year of Africa”. Of these 17, 14 were French colonies, and while France would still maintain some colonial outposts for years after (some even until today) the Year of Africa was also the death of the French colonial empire. Since then,…
-
Two Years of War in Sudan
The war in Sudan has entered into its third year, and shows no signs of a speedy conclusion. On the one year anniversary of the war’s beginning I posted an article here about the war up until that point, and the political background for the fighting.[1] If you have not read it and do not…
-
One year of war in Sudan
On the 15th of April 2023 a new war broke out in Sudan. Sudan’s largest paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), initiated attacks against their supposed allies in the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in nearly every major city across Sudan in what appeared to be some sort of an attempted coup. What started with…