Author: Chris Anu

The story so far: In late August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned allies of a roughly €27-billion hole in his country’s defence budget for the year. On October 1, after weeks of technical talks with Kyiv, the European Commission declared that Ukraine’s financial and military needs for 2026 were now “fully covered.” Yet the manner…

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Indiaexpects to have a locally made civilian aircraft within two years through a joint venture, Civil Aes a renewed attempt to establish commercial aircraft manufacturing after decades of relying on imported airliners

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Sixty-five years ago this month, the people of the Southern Cameroons were handed a ballot with no good option on it, and the world has spent every year since pretending the result settled something. It did not. Look at the ballot itself. On February 11, 1961, voters in the British-administered Southern Cameroons were asked exactly one question with exactly two answers: join the Federation of Nigeria, or join the Republic of Cameroon. Independence on its own terms — the option that mattered most — was never offered. It had already been ruled out by the British colonial administration and opposed…

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