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Koffi Kouakou

Chaos in Burkina Faso: the French connection

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

By Koffi M KouakouBurkina Faso is yet again rocked by a military coup. In less than a year after he ousted former elected president Roche Kabore, lieutenant colonel ...

Covid-19: An African Diary

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Jerome Delay/AP – On Saturday March 21, in the early days of the pandemic, Prince, a Nigerian money changer, is one of very few people wearing a mask in ...

The geopolitics of the Gulf of Guinea

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: REUTERS/Saliou Samb/File – Mist shrouds the Simandou mountains in Beyla, Guinea. Don’t buy the misguided view that Africa doesn’t matter. It does, the writer ...

Africa needs a collective strategy to deal with global powers

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: GCIS - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is received by South Africa’s Ambassador Nomaindia Mfeketo to the US upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews ...

Africa’s gold(en) edge

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Simon Dawson/BloombergBy Koffi M. Kouakou“He who has gold makes all the rules,” says the old Chinese proverb. The yellow metal still holds a great deal ...

The US war on Africa

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Andrew Harnik / AFP – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by South Africa's International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor ...

Is South Africa’s e-toll system the new dompas?

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu/African News Agency (ANA) - The silent confusion about the future of the e-tolls needs no clarity but scrapping it all together to free economic ...

God and gold in Africa

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg - A worker uses a hammer and a letter punch to engrave gold bars with identifying marks at the Kibali gold mine operated by Randgold ...

Decolonising the South African passport

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Etienne Creux/African News Agency (ANA) - The South African passport, with its uniqueness, has among others an unusual feature – French on its cover. The ...

Accountable leadership is imperative

Koffi Kouakou|Published 2 years ago

Picture: Kerstin Joensson/AFP ...