Person of the Year 2025

Africa did not seek consent in 2025. It moved.

This was the year the continent stopped softening its words. The year restraint hardened into resolve, and patience too long confused with wisdom ran out. Across Africa, leaders and power brokers chose friction over favour, sovereignty over approval, consequence over comfort. Agreements once treated as untouchable were re-examined. Economic arrangements marketed as “partnerships” were stripped of their euphemisms. The rules of engagement changed not by degrees, but in one clean break.

In the Sahel, that break found its bearing. Colonel Assimi Goïta of Mali emerged not as a steward of reassurance, but as a force of disruption severing ties where they constricted, centralizing authority where fragmentation served external interests, and asserting, without apology, that African dignity is not up for negotiation. His defiance was not isolated. It echoed. From Bamako to Ouagadougou, from Niamey to Addis Ababa, a firmer continental temper began to take hold.

This editorial is not an ode to ease. It is a record of resistance. It names the men who, in 2025, pulled Africa back into the centre of its own narrative not by asking to be included, but by taking command. History has little patience for the agreeable. It remembers those who stood their ground. In 2025, that man was Colonel Assimi Goïta.

Colonel Assimi Goïta is 2025 Person of the Year

The U.S. Signs "Right of First Refusal" Over Congo's Minerals Just Two Days After The Washington Accord

Just two days after the ink dried on the “Washington Accord,” the U.S. has signed “right of first refusal” to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral wealth, a single, deafening silence answers the most critical question: Where are the Congolese people in this deal? Their absence is the whole point. While the world would be rightfully aflame with accusations of neo-colonialism had China signed such a clause, the Western response to this brazen act of resource capture has been a masterclass in hypocritical quiet. The accord is not a treaty of partnership, but a receipt for a theft perfected over centuries, now filed under “supply chain security. The newest map of Congo’s suffering can be found not in the war-torn hills of the Kivus, but in a Washington boardroom. It is drawn in the contractual language of the “right of first refusal,” a clause that grants the United States first dibs on the cobalt and copper that have drenched this nation in blood. Two days after this “Washington Accord,” we must ask: where is the clause for the right of first refusal to peace? To prosperity? To a life not defined by the weight of a mineral curse? Had Beijing authored this document, the halls of the UN would echo with condemnation. Instead, we hear only the serene silence of business-as-usual exploitation.

BREAKING POINT

Cameroon One Country Two Presidents

Paul Biya 92 years old

Issa Tchiroma Bakary

The political tremors from a small West African nation’s decision are now being felt over 2,000 miles away. In a stunning act of diplomatic defiance, The Gambia has granted sanctuary to a man who claims the presidency of Cameroon, directly challenging one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers and shattering the unspoken rule of non-interference that has long protected its autocrats. It is being called the “Banjul Gambit”: a bold, high-stakes manoeuvre where the smallest player on the board makes a move that threatens to checkmate a king. By opening its doors to Cameroon’s self-proclaimed president-in-exile, The Gambia has not merely offered humanitarian aid; it has launched a strategic assault on the legitimacy of President Paul Biya, transforming a forgotten political struggle into the continent’s newest and most volatile flashpoint.

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A Boeing 737 does not simply vanish from one of the most heavily surveyed patches of earth on the planet and reappear on another continent. Yet, according to the headlines, one did. The story of a plane whisking 150 Palestinians to safety in South Africa is a tale begging to be believed. But in the theatre of modern conflict, a story that seems too good to be true usually is, and the silence of the usual suspects is the loudest clue of all.

Follow the plane, and you'll find a mystery. Follow the silence, and you'll find the story. The mysterious flight of 150 Palestinians to South Africa is not a loophole in Israel's iron-clad blockade; it is a feature of it. The absence of alarm in Tel Aviv and the lack of a tweet from Washington are not oversights, they are admissions of a deeper, more calculated plot. To understand what really happened, you must first understand that in geopolitics, no good deed goes unexploited.

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The Deadly Price of Impunity in Tanzania: A Testament to Greed and Power Corruption- Over 700 Reported Deaths.

The ballot box is supposed to be the peaceful foundation of democracy, but in Tanzania this week, it became a fresh gravesite. After a widely disputed election, the streets of Dar es Salaam and Mwanza were stained red, not by the celebratory ink of civic participation, but by the actual blood of citizens who dared to protest. As security forces enforced a sweeping blackout, burying the truth of the vote, the official casualty count remained a quiet lie. The grim reality, whispered by opposition leaders and health workers, is that a government promised to its people has exchanged the rhetoric of reform for the language of the bullet, leaving hundreds dead and proving a fatal, familiar lesson: in Africa’s closing political spaces, impunity is the only thing that votes are guaranteed to purchase.

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At the United Nations, Africa Demands a New World Order

For decades, Africa’s leaders were expected to show up at the United Nations, deliver measured remarks, and leave the real decisions to others. Not this year. At the latest General Assembly, Africa did not whisper grievances or extend polite requests—it declared a rupture. The continent’s presidents and representatives spoke with one voice: the global order as it stands is unjust, obsolete, and untenable without Africa at its center.

The French African Empire’s Bitter End: How Sahel Coups Are Crippling France’s Neocolonial Cash Cow

PARIS – France’s economy is reeling from a seismic blow dealt by its former Sahel colonies, where defiant coups have expelled French troops, diplomats, and corporations, unravelling the neocolonial Françafrique system. As Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger seize control of their uranium, gold, and future, Paris faces soaring energy costs, corporate retreats, and a sluggish GDP—proof that Africa’s rebellion is hitting France where it hurts most.

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Sahel The Last Frontier: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Caught in a Superpower Showdown!

Across the parched expanse of the Sahel, where vast sand dunes whisper tales of hardship and jihadist shadows dance across sun baked villages, a drama unfolds unlike any other. This is not just a fight for influence; it's a blood-soaked chessboard where superpowers jostle for control, their eyes fixed on the glittering prizes beneath the parched earth. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger stand at the heart of this crucible, their fates intertwined with the geostrategic ambitions of global players.

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