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Hajj 2025: Navigating faith in the age of AI

As millions embark on Hajj 2025 in Saudi Arabia, guided by apps and AI, Muslims around the world are grappling with a shared question: how do we protect spiritual sincerity in an age of constant digital connection?

Hajj 2025: Navigating faith in the age of AI

Hajj 2025: Navigating faith in the age of AI

Why quiet courage is the missing link in global security

Why quiet courage is the missing link in global security

Why quiet courage is the missing link in global security

Courage today often does not shout. It whispers in private meetings. It appears in the willingness to listen and speak in rooms where suspicion is high.

Tinubu’s mid-term scorecard: Why Nigeria’s insecurity must be tackled

Tinubu’s mid-term scorecard: Why Nigeria’s insecurity must be tackled

Tinubu’s mid-term scorecard: Why Nigeria’s insecurity must be tackled

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to addressing Nigeria’s security challenges but this is yet to yield the desired results.

By Kabiru Adamu

Civilians in the crosshairs as RSF escalates Sudan war with drone barrage

Civilians in the crosshairs as RSF escalates Sudan war with drone barrage

Civilians in the crosshairs as RSF escalates Sudan war with drone barrage

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces’ assault on Port Sudan’s infrastructure marks a chilling escalation in Sudan’s civil war—one that threatens to collapse humanitarian operations, disrupt oil flows, and ignite regional instability.

Trump’s Golden Dome shield and some uncomfortable questions

Trump’s Golden Dome shield and some uncomfortable questions

Trump’s Golden Dome shield and some uncomfortable questions

The multi-billion-dollar project could be a game-changer, but it raises critical questions about global security and the increasing involvement of the private sector in national defence.

Fighting corruption in Ghana: President Mahama’s approach

Fighting corruption in Ghana: President Mahama’s approach

Fighting corruption in Ghana: President Mahama’s approach

To strengthen his stance on fighting corruption within his government, President John Dramani Mahama launched a code of conduct as a guiding document to regulate the conduct of his appointees.

Erdogan emerges as key power broker in a fragmented world order

Erdogan emerges as key power broker in a fragmented world order

Erdogan emerges as key power broker in a fragmented world order

War doesn't end when the guns go silent

War doesn't end when the guns go silent

War doesn't end when the guns go silent

Changing national currencies should not be controversial

Changing national currencies should not be controversial

Changing national currencies should not be controversial

Why Lomé conference on African debt marks a turning point

Why Lomé conference on African debt marks a turning point

Why Lomé conference on African debt marks a turning point

Africa’s current external debt accounts for just over 10% of all external debt by developing countries The continent's debt is only a “problem” because the financial system has – so far – intractably made it so.

Algeria massacres: Has France heeded the lessons from its colonial atrocities?

Algeria massacres: Has France heeded the lessons from its colonial atrocities?

Algeria massacres: Has France heeded the lessons from its colonial atrocities?

The French state seems not to fathom the presence of certain foreign cultures, which highlights what is tantamount to hypocrisy, as it uses its secularism to justify what is really racism.

What keeps bringing India and Pakistan to the verge of war?

What keeps bringing India and Pakistan to the verge of war?

What keeps bringing India and Pakistan to the verge of war?

New Delhi and Islamabad are once again hurling allegations and bullets at each other in what has become a dangerous pattern that can easily escalate into a full-scale war.

Commodity smuggling: A silent killer of Africa’s economic future

Commodity smuggling: A silent killer of Africa’s economic future

Commodity smuggling: A silent killer of Africa’s economic future

The Ghana Revenue Authority found that the country loses over GHS 10 billion (approximately US $720 million) annually due to smuggling — an amount that could fund critical infrastructure, health, or education programs.

AFRICOM’s attacks on Traoré backfire as Africans rally in his support

AFRICOM’s attacks on Traoré backfire as Africans rally in his support

AFRICOM’s attacks on Traoré backfire as Africans rally in his support

As a revolutionary Pan-Africanist, President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso has grown popular among Africans worldwide as his ascent to power is viewed as one that rid the Sahelian nation of the shackles of French and Western hegemony.

Tinubu’s ‘Enough is Enough’: Turning Nigeria’s presidential directives into tangible security gains

Tinubu’s ‘Enough is Enough’: Turning Nigeria’s presidential directives into tangible security gains

Tinubu’s ‘Enough is Enough’: Turning Nigeria’s presidential directives into tangible security gains

Nigeria is grappling with insecurity as armed kidnapping gangs and terrorist groups continue to carry out attacks.

AfCFTA: Leveraging Africa’s free-trade initiative to counter Trump’s tariff hikes

AfCFTA: Leveraging Africa’s free-trade initiative to counter Trump’s tariff hikes

AfCFTA: Leveraging Africa’s free-trade initiative to counter Trump’s tariff hikes

Africa’s low share of global trade, which stands at only 2%, is not merely the result of market inefficiencies but of structural imbalances codified in trade rules that work against value addition on the continent.

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South Africa's strategic balancing act: Navigating G20, BRICS leadership roles

US-China tariff war is not just about trade, it’s a classic power struggle

Trump's Tariffs and Africa: The Ripple Effects of a Trade War

$Türkiye’s diplomatic balancing act in a fractured world$

$Türkiye’s diplomatic balancing act in a fractured world$

Türkiye’s diplomatic balancing act in a fractured world

Whether mediating hostage releases, facilitating trade agreements, or creating a space for dialogue, the Antalya Diplomacy Forum serves as a platform for global engagement, with Ankara establishing itself as a bridge in a divided world.

By Melike Hocaoglu

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