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By John Ikani In seven short months, France has gone from the self-appointed guardian of West African security to an outsider with no seat at the table. The shift, once denied in Paris is now all...

By John Ikani For years, people across East Africa looked to Kenya as a place where freedom was guaranteed. Unlike Uganda and Tanzania, Kenya had laws that protected people’s right to protest and speak out. You...

By John Ikani The applause inside the Eko Convention Centre, located in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, had barely worn off when Dangote shocked his audience with an ambitious headline figure: “We will cross thirty billion dollars in...

By John Ikani As nations worldwide proudly flaunt their unique symbols of pride, Nigerians must ask: What is our brand? For Americans, it’s their groundbreaking technology; for Italians, their culinary genius; and the French, their exquisite...

By Kosi Eze and John Ikani Standing before a captivated audience of policy reform leaders, young people and scholars, Marieme Dassanou’s words were as weighty as the staggering number she presented — $287 billion. That’s the...

By John Ikani Sudan is facing a catastrophic hunger crisis, with 18 million people struggling to find food. The UN warns a famine declaration could be imminent, but what does that really mean for the people...