At the start of 2026, the BRICS members sent their navies to the coast of South Africa for the Will of Peace drills. As of August 22, 2026, ship traffic through the Cape route has increased because of what is happening in the Bab Al Mandab Strait trait, a choke point between Yemen in South […]
At the peek of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, most cargo that was heading to the gulf from China ended up at Lamu Port in Kenya. Lamu has also made headlines as Aliko Dangote’s preference for an oil refinery. Well Lamu port is part of the […]
As the rest of the world watched closely what was happening in Beijing, on May 14th and 15th, 2026, the annual BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting took place in New Delhi, India. This meeting is held to set the agenda for the annual BRICS Summit. In 2025, it occurred in Brazil, and in 2026, India will host […]
As the world was being sent back into barbarism by President Trump’s actions in Venezuela, China was being consistent on the diplomatic front on the African continent. For 36 consecutive years the Chinese foreign ministry has made Africa it’s first stop of the year. It’s now a tradition in global diplomacy that the Chinese foreign […]
Dear Editor, Last month, China held its 20th Central Committee meeting also referred to as the fourth plenary session. It was in Beijing from October 20th to 23rd, 2025. This vital political meeting has been the defining road for China since 1953 and has set the direction in social and economic development for the last 7 decades […]
Dear Editor, in July, Brazil hosted the 17th BRICS summit on the theme “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance”, and if by any chance you followed main stream media especially from Western outlets the emphasis was put on the absence of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The West […]
Are Washington and Brussels overreacting toward Russia when it comes to it’s actions in Ukraine? There is a high likelihood that the European Union and the United States are very biased with how they have handled Russia since the escalation of the situation in Ukraine in 2022. At the moment, there are about 57 major […]
The latest meeting between President Donald Trump of the United States of America and President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, in what is now known as the Alaska summit, was costly because of the security logistical setup and the backstage diplomatic efforts that saw the event through, but didn’t yield much. The 2025 Alaska […]
In the gardens of the Chinese Embassy in Uganda a huge banner hangs, and beside it the Chinese and Ugandan flags were, “1927 – 2025, The Chinese People’s Liberation Army” the banner read on the 25th of July 2025. Zhang Lizhong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Uganda hosted a reception celebrating the […]
At a time when trade wars are raging across the world, something remarkable happened. China opened up its market to Africa fully, as it had promised during FOCAC 9 in September 2024. This write-up will have characteristics of great power contestation concerning the African continent, but it’s not a blind hip of praise for Beijing. […]
