Cairo is wooing states in the Nile Basin and Horn of Africa using its defence industry and security expertise to counter geopolitical worries over the Red Sea and the Suez Canal
There is a new feverish race to invest in Africa, which has 30% of the world's mineral reserves and 40% of its gold deposits, as well as of cobalt, uranium, platinum, and chromium to boot.
Due to their political histories, Africa and China share common grievances and aspirations. Today, they're a perfect match: what one lacks, the other provides. But what does the future hold?
At the Tate Modern in London, Al Majalla comes across a series of Bantu masks shot by Angolan photographer Edson Chagas. The people who wear them are otherwise dressed in completely modern clothing.
Two months ago today, a coup took place in Niger that delivered yet another blow to France's declining influence in the Sahel. Without US support, Paris has decided to pack up and leave.
French interests in Africa seem to be collapsing like dominoes under the guillotine of coups, causing significant losses to the French economy, which depends on Africa's natural resources.
ECOWAS member states are well aware that an armed conflict would worsen the region's existing instability. The mere mention of a military intervention has been enough to divide West African nations.
A potential food crisis is looming and some Arab countries will struggle to protect their populations from scarcity and hunger after the demise of the UN-brokered deal on Ukrainian grain exports
In a new multi-polar world, the continent will be key to the global economy, security and resources making Russia's no-strings-attached politics there an alternative to the West
The former Israeli prime minister on the aimless Gaza war, the dangers posed by the far-right, and why he believes Benjamin Netanyahu should be fired as soon as possible.
In her new book 'I Accuse', the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese methodically lays out Israel's countless breaches of international law
A US abstention allowed the vote to pass after three previous vetoes. Since then, Israel has ignored it, and an embarrassed US downplayed its significance, calling it non-binding.
In an interview with Al Majalla, the German Arabist points out the flaws of economic globalisation, which don't necessarily embrace cultural diversity and pluralism nor advance human rights
Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel, and Colin Powell debated with Bashar al-Assad on their intent to get rid of Saddam. In part 5 of a seven-part series, Al Majalla reveals what was discussed for the first time.