Africa at the Breaking Point: Samuel Shay Explains Why the World’s Richest Continent Still Lives in Poverty and Chaos

Africa closes 2025 at a moment that is both historic and deeply troubling. No other continent experienced so many coups this year. No other region saw poverty, food insecurity, and state fragility expand at such a rapid pace. Yet paradoxically, no region …
Africa at the Breaking Point: Samuel Shay Explains Why the World’s Richest Continent Still Lives in Poverty and Chaos