From Groundnuts to Beaches: Exploring The Gambia’s New Growth Engine
By Yusuf Bangura Jan 10, 2026 Despite its continued status as a low-income country, The Gambia is a rare example of a nation that has successfully pivoted away from a…
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From Liberal Internationalism to ‘’Flexible Realism’’: Dangers and Pitfalls in America’s New Strategic Policy
Yusuf Bangura I’ve now read the 29-page White House document titled “National Security Strategy of the United States of America’’ released in November 2025, which distils the numerous, often controversial,…
The Result is Out: The US has Lost the Trade War with China
Yusuf Bangura Dec 10, 2025 Despite Trump’s tariffs, China has recorded the highest trade surplus in history—USD1.08 trillion! This is truly remarkable. Meanwhile, in August 2025, the US had a…
The Narrative before the Intervention: How Washington is Shaping NIGERIA’s story
Foreign intervention never begins with airplanes, sanctions or soldiers. It begins with stories. It begins with how a country is described, framed, understood and judged by powerful nations. Iraq did…
Sarkozy goes to jail for a crime Mitterand and Chirac are reported to have also committed
By Yusuf Bangura Nicolas Sarkozy has been sent to jail for receiving USD50 million euros from former Libyan dictator, Mohammed Qaddafi, for his campaign in the 2007 French presidential election.…
The West’s Strategic Illusions Were Built on Chinese Minerals
By Global GeoPolitics When the United States launched its economic offensive against China’s technological rise, its policymakers assumed the power lay in the tools of finance and sanctions. Export bans,…
Indians multiply abroad, and Nigerians just migrate
By Chioma Ahaghotu When you see Indians dominating corporate America or Asians building enclaves in every major U.S. city, it didn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of systems they…
From Miracle to Meltdown: Botswana’s collapse is no longer a warning – It’s a Prototype
By Paul Hattingh BOTSWANA WASN’T SUPPOSED TO FALL — BUT IT DID For six decades, Botswana stood as the poster child of African stability. No coups. No hyperinflation. No dictatorships.…
China’s unbeatable new production model export
The country’s most important export today is not a product, but a more efficient production process China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient…
USA Air Force Bombs Iran Nuclear Sites
The Air Force of the United States of America a few hours ago on Saturday has bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran, marking the first time the United States will…
WEF’s Report: 123 Years Needed to Achieve Global Gender Parity, Ranks Nigeria 124th
The World Economic Forum’s “Global Gender Gap Report 2025” has declared that it would take 123 years to close the global gender gap. The report, which was released yesterday in…