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Phillip van Niekerk

Phillip van Niekerk is managing partner of Calabar Consulting, a political risk consulting firm.

Latest Work

War, again: Ferocious play for power in Sudan spiralling out of control

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED

17 April 2023

War, again: Ferocious play for power in Sudan spiralling out of control

Phillip van Niekerk

4 min

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As Russia’s Wagner mercenaries expand over Africa, the continental air smells of Cold War again

8 February 2023

As Russia’s Wagner mercenaries expand over Africa, the continental air smells of Cold War again

Phillip van Niekerk

6 min

2

AD2016, again and again: Arrest of senior FBI official puts focus on Russia’s role in ascent of Trump

PUTIN’S LITTLE AMERICAN HELPERS

29 January 2023

AD2016, again and again: Arrest of senior FBI official puts focus on Russia’s role in ascent of Trump

Phillip van Niekerk

7 min

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Nigeria: Chaotic underachieving nation that should be giant of Africa is back in presidential election fever

18 January 2023

Nigeria: Chaotic underachieving nation that should be giant of Africa is back in presidential election fever

Phillip van Niekerk

8 min

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Wagner Group leads Russia's African front in cold war with the West

BATTLEFIELD: AFRICA

12 January 2023

Wagner Group leads Russia's African front in cold war with the West

Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

2

Biden's move on presidential primaries to empower African American voices bends the moral universe, just a little bit

4 January 2023

Biden's move on presidential primaries to empower African American voices bends the moral universe, just a little bit

Phillip van Niekerk

6 min

1

Wagner Group: Putin's grim reapers giving mercenaries a bad name, now embedded in Africa

25 August 2022

Wagner Group: Putin's grim reapers giving mercenaries a bad name, now embedded in Africa

Phillip van Niekerk

12 min

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America is becoming a very bad movie without a Hollywood ending

11 July 2022

America is becoming a very bad movie without a Hollywood ending

Phillip van Niekerk

10 min

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Putin’s failure of historic proportions to rewrite history

WAR IN EUROPE ANALYSIS

10 March 2022

Putin’s failure of historic proportions to rewrite history

Phillip van Niekerk

8 min

10

Abiy’s offensive against Tigray collapses: Dreams of a ‘new Ethiopia’ arise

31 October 2021

Abiy’s offensive against Tigray collapses: Dreams of a ‘new Ethiopia’ arise

Phillip van Niekerk

4 min

6

Fall of Tigray capital: Ethiopia on the brink of meltdown without genuine negotiations

4 July 2021

Fall of Tigray capital: Ethiopia on the brink of meltdown without genuine negotiations

Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

1

Groundhog Day in the Middle East … will this movie ever end?

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

25 May 2021

Groundhog Day in the Middle East … will this movie ever end?

Phillip van Niekerk

6 min

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