Faisal Ali

Experts on the east Africa region share their expectations of Trump 2.0 on their countries of expertise.

Ahmed Kaballo, CEO of African Stream, speaks to Geeska about why his organisation was de-platformed, the importance of anti-imperialist voices in African media, and why independent and dissident outlets need new platforms to carry their content.

Patrick Gathara writes about western politics in the same way westerners write about African and Asian countries.

In a newly published paper, a group of researchers argue that checkpoints in Somalia provide us with an opportunity to explore and think about how clans make claims to land and why, in a new analysis that has important implications for how we think about Somali state-building. 

 Siddharth Kara’s Cobalt Red unveils the hidden violence that sustains the mining sector in the DRC and highlights its role in the modern world from our phones and tablets to electric cars.  Have you ever wondered where the raw materials for your phone bat

After reports named Abdulqadir Mumin as global leader of ISIS, Geeska interviewed expert Christopher Anzalone to discuss IS-Somalia’s growing influence in the IS network and examine the reports’ credibility. On 31 May, Africom (US Africa Command) issued a relatively

African leaders have grown more vocal in their criticisms of the west, but will the verbal ripostes impact the orientation of their foreign policies? 

Somalia and Ethiopia no longer function like other sovereign states in the international system, and this has become a semi-permanent reality  

Tom Gardner, the Economist’s Africa correspondent speaks to Geeska about Ethiopian politics and his new book on the “Abiy Project”