No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'
An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.
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The data sovereignty paradox
Data sovereignty has become a top boardroom issue. Regulators demand it, customers expect it, and CIOs and chief technology officers are tasked with delivering it. The assumption is simple: if your data resides locally, under your jurisdiction, you control it. However, as explored in episode 5 of Altron’s Local Logic podcast series — in which…
Africa: The Hollowing of Sovereignty – Nigeria’s Trilemma and the Retreat of the State
In early February, an insurgent group attacked communities in Kwara, North Central Nigeria, killing over a hundred people. President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack, ordered the deployment of an army battalion to the area and approved the establishment of a new military command structure to coordinate Operation Savannah Shield, an initiative aimed at dislodging armed…
Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility Launched to Strengthen Continental Financial Sovereignty
African Heads of State and Government on February 14, 2025, formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063. The launch took place during the Third Presidential High-Level Dialogue of the Alliance of African…
Africa: Building Health Systems for Africa’s Vaccine Sovereignty, By Chinedu Moghalu and Nicaise Ndembi
Africa’s engagement with global vaccine supply over the past five years has shown that access to vaccines and biologics is shaped less by goodwill or financing alone. Vaccine sovereignty in Africa is no longer an abstract ambition. It is a process underway, grounded in Ubuntu and African political decisions, institutional reforms, and emerging delivery platforms….
Africa: Recklessness in the Exercise of US Sovereignty – International Infractions and Global Disorder
There is no war of a regional or global scale that has not been originated by the Europeans, or that has not engendered disorder. The 100-year old war between the kingdoms of England and France and civil war in France in the late Middle Ages; the most destructive 30-year old war in Central Europe from…
Africa: The Somaliland Crisis Demands That the AU Break Free From Its Rigid Adherence to Postcolonial Sovereignty
The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a ‘frozen right’ granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation, ignoring the functional, governance-filled reality of Somaliland. The contemporary political landscape of Africa is haunted – not by the spectres of its colonial past, but by a robust, living…
Israel foreign minister visits Somaliland after recognising its sovereignty
Israel’s foreign minister has held talks with Somaliland’s president on his first visit to the breakaway region since Israel controversially recognised it as an independent country. Gideon Saar said Israel was determined to advance relations with Somaliland “with momentum”, while President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi hailed his visit as a “big day”. Last month Israel became…
Africa: Maduro’s Fall – When Democracy Collides with Sovereignty
The capture and indictment of Nicolás Maduro by the United States marks the end of an era many Venezuelans never chose and could not escape. For a people battered by economic collapse, political repression, and forced exile, his removal is not merely the downfall of a man — it is the possible reopening of a…
Africa: Power, Minerals, Sovereignty – the Rise of Us-Africa Partnerships
In recent months, a quiet yet unmistakably strategic shift has been underway across Africa’s mineral-rich heartlands. The United States, emerging from a decade of cautious engagement, is now decisively intensifying its diplomatic and economic foothold in Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). This resurgence is neither accidental nor merely transactional; it…