Politics

Following the huge financial resources at the disposal of China, which it spends on costly projects in Africa, it maintains...

Over nearly three decades, numerous peace efforts have been undertaken, yet neither local, regional nor international interventions have succeeded in...

In central Africa, a violent conflict has been unfolding for nearly eight years. What began in 2016 as peaceful protests by lawyers...

Chad’s opposition firebrand and a former prime minister, Succès Masra, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 9 August. He was...

In a moment when African leaders had the chance to push back against a resurgent colonial mindset, they instead bowed—giving...

There have been reports previously of Russia’s intent of setting up a naval base in the Horn of Africa, with...

Joseph Kabila’s re-engagement in Congolese politics would represent a return to personalised governance, potentially reversing fragile democratic gains under Tshisekedi....

When boundaries are disputed, it also means that local fishers are likely to encroach into neighbouring waters, often unknowingly, in...

Apartheid was an institutionalised regime of racial segregation and systematic oppression implemented in South Africa for the purpose of depriving...

After a liberation war lasting 15 years (1964 to 1979), in 1980 Zimbabwe became independent under majority rule. One of...