All posts by "Idriss Zackaria"

Idriss Zackaria is an international reporter, editor, and specialist in international media and strategic communications. He is currently based in Chad writes mainly for international media on Middle Eastern ,African politics, human rights, political risk, security risk management, African economies and media ethics. Zackaria has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Mass communication, and holds a master's degree in political sciences and public administration.

Central African Republic (CAR) has descended into a civil war in 2013 when Seleka rebels took power, toppling President Francois Bozize and wreaked devastation on the country’s fragile economy. However, ...

No one really knows how big the African Diaspora is. The World Bank estimates Africans in the diaspora are spread out across the continents. In North America, there are 39 ...

Chad is holding a fund-raising round-table in Paris today; which will last for three days from 6 to 8 September 2017, to mobilize funds in order to obtain contributions for ...

There are no doubt that Africa’s militant Islamist groups like Ansar al-Sharia, AL-SHABAB, AQIM, The Movement for Monotheism and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Boko Haram have undoubtedly benefited ...

WHAT DOES THE SUNDAY TERROR ATTACK MEAN FOR MALI—AND AFRICA? At least two people have been killed in a tourist resort popular with westerners – Le Campement – in Dougourakoro, ...

The African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission: Are We Ready Now? The Ministers of Culture, Youth and Sports of African Union Member States established the long awaited African Audiovisual and Cinema ...

Morocco and the African Union: Brothers without Strategic Partnership In counterproductive step during a recent African Union summit in Rwanda, the Moroccan king Mohammed VI has declared that his country ...

The member countries of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) adopted in 2007 a strategic integration plan dubbed the Vision (2025), which fundamentally look up to transform the ...

Wide fluctuations in oil prices have played an important economic change in numerous African oil-exporting nations. According to Mo Ibrahim Foundation study reported by some media, African oil exporters wasted ...

The Chadian government’s decision to close the country’s lengthy northern border, on the 5th of January, may be good to prevent Islamic State fighters’ crossing over. However, the calculus behind ...