“Yɛnntumi nnunu yɛn mpanyinfoɔ sɛ wɔbuu wɔn ani guu so” – “The elders cannot be accused of ignorance.” An Akan saying I found out first. When my four other siblings discovered that our father had been unfaithful and fathered another child younger than our baby…
The Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable Markets are hinting at the unthinkable. An IMF rescue for France. Finance Minister Eric Lombard warned of this risk this week as the country deals with €3.3 trillion debt (113% of GDP) and a 5.4% budget deficit. If this occurs, France…
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South Africa’s Xenophobia Is Pan‑Africanism’s Stress Test I was one of many…
My wife sent me another statistical report from this week. https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/WESOUpdate_May2025_1.pdf . We were…
My wife sent me another statistical report from this week. https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/WESOUpdate_May2025_1.pdf . We were…
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The Global Workforce Had a Deal With America. In 2025, America Broke It. For two centuries, the world sent its…
Robert Pape, one of America’s leading war scholars, sat down with Steven Bartlett last week before an audience of 5.9…
October 2025. I published a piece titled “Is North Africa African?” The argument was direct: Geography doesn’t create solidarity. The…
