Archive - Sharp Focus on Africa

TRUMP'S BLAND SIMULACRUM OF TOP GUN MAVERICK IN IRAN

Trump deploys smokes and mirrors with cruise missiles before declaring victory and exiting the stage

Jun 22 •

TRUMP-RAMAPHOSA: DRAMA IN THE OVAL OFFICE AND THEN A TRADE DEAL

Another extraordinarily detailed article to separate facts from fiction, with some crime statistical data and trade agreements thrown in for good…

Jun 2 •

April 2025

SOUTH AFRICA: RELATIONS WITH USA CONTINUING DOWNHILL

Apr 24 •

THE GABON MINI-SERIES

One-stop page for all my articles on Gabon, which is currently transitioning from military rule back to civilian governance while keeping the ruling…

Apr 11 •

March 2025

THE APPARENT END OF USAID IN AFRICA

A former African Union (AU) diplomat explains why certain African leaders are not sad to see the apparent "demise" of the influence-peddling tool, often…

Mar 17 •

February 2025

AFRIKANERS OF SOUTH AFRICA OFFERED UNWANTED REFUGEE STATUS BY DONALD TRUMP

Trump issues an Executive Order cancelling "donor aid" to South Africa and surprises many Afrikaners by declaring them "refugees" in need of US asylum

Feb 8 •

TRUMP THREATENS TO CUT DONOR AID TO SOUTH AFRICA

Cancelling Donor Aid Is Good, But It is False That South Africa is Planning Farmland Seizures

Feb 4 •

January 2025

LAGOS METRO RAIL : RED LINE NOW ACTIVE

This report is a brief sequel to an old article I wrote in September 2023 about the intra-city railway system being constructed by the government of…

Jan 2 •

December 2024

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO ACCUSATIONS MADE BY THE NIGER MILITARY JUNTA

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: In the main body of this article, I will reproduce the official response of Nigeria to baseless allegations made by General…

Dec 29, 2024 •

EVENTS IN SOUTH KOREA: AN END TO A BIZARRE SAGA

Using the history of South Korea to explain President Yoon's bizarre behaviour on South Korean national television

Dec 11, 2024 •

September 2024

THE 24TH CHINA-AFRICA SUMMIT IN BEIJING

Sep 6, 2024 •

April 2024

ELECTRIC TRAINS FOR TANZANIA

Tanzania's inaugural electric train system has undergone test runs

Apr 30, 2024 •

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