Bad times rule the world, as Africa quietly chases the good times
September 4, 2025
As Trump slams doors, others open windows.
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As Trump slams doors, others open windows.
“We’re going to have a third war. A big, bloody one. Only this time, let it end properly—with a winner and peace.”
Africa can leapfrog straight into clean transport. The question is no longer if—but how boldly Africa chooses to drive its own tomorrow.
Kabila’s gambit may inadvertently pave the way for a reimagined DRC, where decentralisation triumphs over a failing central state.
It was fleeing refugees, marching armies, camp hustlers, pop singers — and yes, even terrorists — who smuggled Kiswahili into East Africa’s bloodstream. A story of accidents, not design.
This is no sentimental homecoming. It is a power play in a high-stakes game, in a country where such games often end in blood
In both Zimbabwe and Angola, the economic, political, and social fallout from the second Congo war was severe, sowing long-term instability and governance challenges
Strip away all the distractions, and the war in eastern DRC boils down to a battle between cows and minerals.
Perhaps the biggest error has been to see DRC as a country of just “people of ndombolo” and nothing else.
When it comes to language, everyone is at war front. The words they choose are as loaded as the guns and mortars
As Trump slams doors, others open windows.
“We’re going to have a third war. A big, bloody one. Only this time, let it end properly—with a winner and peace.”
Africa can leapfrog straight into clean transport. The question is no longer if—but how boldly Africa chooses to drive its own tomorrow.
Kabila’s gambit may inadvertently pave the way for a reimagined DRC, where decentralisation triumphs over a failing central state.
It was fleeing refugees, marching armies, camp hustlers, pop singers — and yes, even terrorists — who smuggled Kiswahili into East Africa’s bloodstream. A story of accidents, not design.
This is no sentimental homecoming. It is a power play in a high-stakes game, in a country where such games often end in blood
In both Zimbabwe and Angola, the economic, political, and social fallout from the second Congo war was severe, sowing long-term instability and governance challenges
Strip away all the distractions, and the war in eastern DRC boils down to a battle between cows and minerals.
Perhaps the biggest error has been to see DRC as a country of just “people of ndombolo” and nothing else.
When it comes to language, everyone is at war front. The words they choose are as loaded as the guns and mortars
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