Africa: The Other World  – Borkena

May 5, 2026 By Dawit W Giorgis  Introduction  The shift from a “rules-based” global order to a “might is right” self-ordained power  that affects the entire world is the most severe challenge the global South, and  particularly Africa, faces today. While many African leaders, scholars, and  politicians have criticized the manner in which the existing rules-based […]

Can we escape the cult and personification? – Borkena

May 5, 2026 Wondmagegn Ejigu Kebede Enköping, Sweden It is difficult to regard Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party as serious political figures or a credible political movement. His public persona, along with the messaging of his “prosperity” agenda, feels closer to a spiritual or wishful-thinking spectacle than to a substantive political platform grounded in evidence […]