Amara Okafor covers African politics, regional diplomacy, migration and institutional legitimacy.
A four-party coalition has secured 207 of 395 seats after September's election. The parliamentary majority clarifies government formation but not the boundaries of royal authority.
President Salva Kiir dissolved South Sudan's transitional government after amendments removed requirements for a permanent constitution and census before a national vote.
Pedro Sánchez says AI companies cannot police themselves while Spain simultaneously plans new computing infrastructure and domestic models, illustrating Europe's attempt to combine technological ambition with stronger oversight.
Nearly 130 leaders are heading to New York as conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East collide with disputes over AI governance, UN funding and the institution's future leadership.
Protests over possible constitutional changes show how quickly legal reform can become a legitimacy crisis when presidential tenure is involved.
When citizens repeatedly face attacks abroad, governments eventually pay a credibility cost for treating the problem as a matter of police statements and diplomatic reassurance.
A likely winner can still damage democracy by weakening the conditions under which victory is trusted.
Pretoria's diplomatic ambitions are incompatible with recurring anti-migrant violence that turns fellow Africans into convenient targets for domestic failure.
Ethiopia can hold a national vote and still leave the central political question unanswered: can power realistically change hands?
Military bases and Red Sea geography have made Guelleh useful to almost everyone. Utility should not be confused with political legitimacy.
African institutions increasingly speak of influence in a multipolar world. The harder test is whether regional integration can convert economic scale into negotiating leverage.
Geopolitical competition is raising the value of African mineral deposits. The political question is whether producing states capture more than extraction rents.
ECOWAS engagement with Mauritania shows why Sahel security increasingly depends on cooperation that crosses formal regional blocs.
By ordering Meta to restore rival AI assistants' access to WhatsApp during an investigation, Brussels is trying to prevent distribution power from becoming permanent AI dominance.
The AU and ECOWAS are deepening conflict-monitoring cooperation. The real test is whether information can be converted into timely political action.
New EU cloud and chip proposals frame dependence on foreign technology as a question of political control over critical infrastructure, not simply industrial competitiveness.
A last-minute two-week ceasefire tied safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz to military restraint, showing how a maritime chokepoint can convert disruption into negotiating leverage.