Rethinking The African Narrative – Repenser le Récit Africain
Le désormais dissous G5 Sahel était un cadre de coopération pour le développement et la sécurité réunissant cinq pays du Sahel : le Tchad, le Niger, le Mali, le Burkina Faso et la Mauritanie. Leurs similitudes physiques, sociales et économiques ont façonné une approche commune face aux défis sécuritaires et à la promotion du développement... Continue Reading →
The now-defunct G5 Sahel was a cooperation framework for development and security matters that united five countries across the Sahel namely Chad, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. The physical, social, and economic similarities of these countries drew their common approach in tackling security challenges and promoting the development of the Sahel region. Beyond politics,... Continue Reading →
Decolonization has been a recurring subject of international debate and social media in the past decade. The current generation is taking the decolonization messages from the founding fathers of African independence, such as Kwame Nkrumah from Ghana, Léopold Sédar Senghor from Senegal, Julius Nyerere from Kenya, and Nelson Mandela from South Africa, amongst others, and... Continue Reading →
I often hear people saying that they had never heard of Chad, or that I was the first Chadian they had ever met. When I am in Latin America, Europe, or the Middle East, this could be forgiven, but I also hear the same sentence within the African continent, which is peculiar and sad. Chad... Continue Reading →
La Journée Internationale des Femmes reconnue globalement est un moyen de célébrer les femmes et un rappel de leurs droits. Cette date du 08 mars célèbre aussi les contributions des femmes dans le monde à travers divers domaines.Cette année nous parlons des femmes œuvrant dans l’humanitaire au Tchad et ailleurs. Au niveau mondial, les femmes... Continue Reading →
The arrival of Captain Ibrahim Traoré in power is reshaping Burkina Faso’s diplomacy and nationalism. The 36-year-old interim president represents a new generation of Africans with a new idea of where Africa should head. The West African nation has been experiencing turmoil for decades, and the new interim president is taking up an enormous challenge... Continue Reading →
A wise man recently told me that people's history is formed in thousands of years. The statement got me thinking about the ever-evolving path of Africa. As close down the year, I reflect on the African narrative, and the blog's mission to participate in reshaping that narrative. The current movement of reimagining, rewriting, and rethinking... Continue Reading →
The Alliance of Sahel States In a projected move, the Republic of Chad announced the end of its defense cooperation with France on November 28th this year. The announcement came right after the visit of French Minister’s visit to the Chadian Capital N’djamena. One of the subjects discussed during the visit was Haskanite, a recently... Continue Reading →
In 2021, when the Central African Republic (CAR) declared that Russian would be mandatory in universities, it was the beginning of an accentuated Ruso-African political and cultural ties in Central-West Africa. Russia had a strong presence in CAR in the last five years, providing military support in the fight against insurgencies. It has become their... Continue Reading →
I was around seven years old when I learned how to sing Nkosi Sikelela, the South African National anthem. I knew all the words but had no idea what they meant at the time. I learned it from the Graceland concert video cassette that played at least once a week in our house in Chad.... Continue Reading →
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