France’s President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a diplomatic drive to test a new “responsible relationship” with the continent as anti-French sentiment runs high in some former colonies. He

M23 rebels continued fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Tuesday, the day they were due to begin withdrawing from their positions under a regional plan. On February 17, East African

The protests started as an instinctive response to rising commodity prices. But through coordinated civic engagement, they’ve become so much more. When in Dec. 2018, the people of Sudan thronged the streets to protest a

Russia has systematically sought to undercut democracy in Africa, both to normalize authoritarianism as well as to create an entry point for Russian influence. It is often said that since the dissolution of the Soviet

The military junta in Mali has alienated regional and international security partners amid escalating violence by militant Islamist groups, leading to a spike in civilian fatalities. Since taking power in August 2020, the military junta

Continuing a decade-long upward trend, violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa increased by 22 percent while fatalities surged by 48 percent over the past year.

We are living in a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era where most of the countries are trying to put their efforts to improve human development, infrastructure, healthcare systems, sanitation, climate, and taking actions to prevent

Libya has endured ten years of turmoil, lack of stability, foreign interference, and internal strife. The presence and proliferation of local armed groups have further eroded state-building processes. The ever-changing nature of these armed groups

There is little end in sight for Libya’s lengthy transition period, which began in 2011 with the uprising against forty-one years of Muammar Gaddafi rule. The new political elite has failed to unite the country