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David Himbara

David Himbara, PhD, is an educator, author, and professor of international development based in Toronto, Canada. He previously headed strategy and policy for the president of Rwanda. Himbara has consulted extensively for governments including South African government and for organizations such the African Development Bank. Himbara taught political economy at universities in South Africa and the US.
Middle East and Africa

Ethiopia’s War Driven by a Dejected Tigray Regional Power Elite

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Many commentators have characterized the Ethiopia-Tigray War as a tribal warfare. They maintain that the Ethiopian Federal Government is waging a war against the...
Americas

President-elect Joe Biden Signals a Return to Building Robust U.S.-Africa Relations

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A new era in U.S. geopolitical doctrine is waiting in the wings. American foreign policy in Africa has been in flux, and presidents since...
Economy

Africa’s Boom and Bust Cycle Threatens Three Decades of Relative Peace and Prosperity

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Africa has enjoyed relative peace and prosperity during the past three decades in sharp contrast to the 1980s known as the ‘lost decade.’ From...
Economy

Rwanda Sought to Create Prosperity on Conference Tourism — Covid-19 Wrecked the Delusion

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Rwanda received two sets of bad news in August-October 2020. First, Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) downgraded the country’s economic outlook from stable to negative....
Economy

African Governments’ Pledged to Safeguard IMF Funds from Corruption

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been at the forefront of supporting Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the battle against the Coronavirus pandemic. The IMF...
Middle East and Africa

Nigeria Becomes Africa’s Leader in an Additional Sense — Power of Young People

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In October 2020, the young people of Nigeria decided they had enough of governmental arrogance, violence and bad governance. Hundreds of thousands of them...
Middle East and Africa

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Makes Roads Not War

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Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni surprised his admirers and critics alike in his speech celebrating his country’s 58th independence anniversary on Oct. 9, 2020....
Middle East and Africa

African Leaders Must Account for $89 Billion Stolen Annually Under Their Watch

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The UN has published a dark report on how Africa is robbed of billions of dollars by multinational companies from the developed north. We...
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The New Power Centers of Sports Diplomacy: Cities, Capital, and Code

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If power in sport now lives in city halls, boardrooms, and algorithms—not stadiums—how will the U.S. wield cities, capital, and code as it hosts the world’s biggest events over the next decade?
Commentary

Four Years On, Ukraine’s War Still Refuses to End

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Four years on, Ukraine’s war drags across 1,200 km, cities in ruins and millions displaced. Russia entrenched, Kyiv defiant, the West divided—how long can a war of attrition outlast political will before exhaustion decides the peace?
Indo-Pacific

How Timor-Leste Uses Tourism to Cement Its ASEAN Role

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After joining ASEAN in 2025, Timor-Leste is leveraging sustainable, high-value tourism to boost soft power, diversify beyond oil, and cement its regional role—positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next authentic frontier, not its next mass market.
Americas

How Far is Cuba From a Total Collapse?

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How close is Cuba to collapse? Energy strangulation, fading allies, and Trump’s oil squeeze after Venezuela’s shift have left Havana isolated and rationing. For the first time in decades, the regime’s survival feels uncertain.
Geopolitics

The Maghreb’s New Architecture: Beyond the Myth of the Algerian Pillar

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Madrid 2026 wasn’t diplomacy—it was redesign. Washington moves past Algeria’s veto politics, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, and seeds a Tunis-Rabat axis built on energy sovereignty, phosphates, and geo-economic integration. The Maghreb’s balance is shifting.

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