AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 21 July 2023 In the new scramble for Africa’s minerals, the continent’s resource curse must be turned into a blessing Phillip van Niekerk 4 min 0
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 14 July 2023 Roll over Prigozhin – here comes Paul Kagame Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 2
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED 6 July 2023 A savage colonial past comes home to haunt the streets of modern France Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 0
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 29 June 2023 Ruthless warlords emerge from the shadows to expose a broken international system Phillip van Niekerk 4 min 0
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 8 June 2023 Shackled by debt and geopolitics, Africa struggles to join the global recovery Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 1
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 1 June 2023 Will Emmerson Mnangagwa walk the talk and make Zimbabwe great again? Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 1
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 26 May 2023 Many Nigerians certainly happy to see Buhari go, but less sure of what comes next Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 0
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 18 May 2023 Disaster on the Potomac as Washington sours on the ANC, with Agoa and Pepfar as potential collateral damage Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 26
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 11 May 2023 Welcome to the new New World Order — don’t put all your BRICS in one basket Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 4
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED 4 May 2023 Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin – the man who would be king on two continents Phillip van Niekerk 6 min 0
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED 27 April 2023 ‘God have mercy on us, because no one else gives a damn’ — millions in Sudan abandoned to their fate Phillip van Niekerk 5 min 7
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED 20 April 2023 After the election noise and madness, Nigerian democracy still stands Phillip van Niekerk 6 min 0