Two years into a war that has gutted a nation and scattered its people across borders, Sudan has become the scene of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis — and perhaps its most ignored.

For decades after gaining independence, many African nations subsisted on a development model dependent on foreign aid and external support despite mixed results. Aid inflows might have helped build schools and clinics, but they also fostered a culture of dependence and complacency.

From Rabat to Cairo, governments in North Africa are shedding old dependencies and embracing new approaches to foreign policy, rapidly redefining their place in the world in the process.

Across sun-scorched North Africa, water is much more than simply a basic resource. It is a strategic lifeline that underpins societies and the stability of states.

The sunbaked deserts and wind-swept coasts of North Africa could power not just the region but much of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa as well, offering a blueprint for energy resilience in an era of climate disruption.