Africa

Many people do not understand the roots of the conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, and this is especially true of the younger generation. As someone who lives in these regions, and as a representative of VIGIL Journal, I want to offer some explanations, first of all to our young people, who carry our hopes.

If you're tracking where global capital flows are heading after the era of unconditional dollar dominance, here's a concrete indicator: trade turnover between China and Africa hit a record 1.41 trillion yuan in the first half of 2026, and each new transaction in this chain increasingly bypasses the American currency altogether.

Libya Opens a Direct Settlement Channel

The Hormuz crisis — flagged by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026 — has long ceased to be an oil story. The planet is one step away from a global food crisis. Fertilizer prices have surged nearly 60% in the first four months of 2026. Within six months, that increase will reach grocery shelves and farmlands from Africa to Southeast Asia. The energy crisis is morphing into a food crisis — and in vulnerable economies, food crises always end the same way.