By Gillian Mathys*, & Judith Verweijen* An intense debate about the rural commune, or district, of Minembwe in South Kivu province in the...

Guinea’s 81-year old president, Alpha Condé, who was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2015, wishes to rewrite the country’s...

The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara has pursued breadth rather than depth of engagement in its rapid rise along...

The signing of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) by the longtime rivals...

After declaring an end on Monday to a costly two-decade military stalemate, Ethiopia and Eritrea - one a rising African...

In Elly Joy Kanini’s farmyard in Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi County, a few chickens perch while others peck for food, and...

‘Frenamo partocracy’. This is the buzzword in Mozambique’s political circles, conceived by sceptical wags to describe the latest ‘decentralisation’ deal...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) had been preparing to fire Jacob Zuma as head of state this week,...

Unless something miraculous happens, the city of Cape Town, an iconic international tourism destination and South Africa’s second economic hub,...

By Mark Anderson Theresa May will become the second woman after Margaret Thatcher to hold Britain's highest office when David...