Africa geopolitical landscape

Somaliland marked its independence day with renewed calls for international recognition, as leaders urged the global community to formally acknowledge its statehood. Thousands gathered in the capital, Hargeisa, for celebrations that…

When Prince Faisal bin Farhan received Benin’s Foreign Minister Olushegun Adjadi Bakari in Riyadh this week, the official statement was short, polite, and predictable. But the strategy behind the meeting was anything but. This was not…

When Mohammed bin Salman received a written message from Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, delivered through diplomatic channels in Riyadh, the language was careful, brief, and deliberately restrained. But the signal was clear.…