Governments across the continent spent Tuesday tightening their rules, taking their foreign partnerships further, and in several cases answering hard questions in court. The day also brought a Senegalese taekwondo gold on home soil, a worrying shortfall in…
For the first time in 35 years, there are no United Nations peacekeepers watching over Western Sahara. That one change shaped much…
Courts across the continent dominated the day's news, none more than in Kenya, where self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie was sentenced for the…
Courtrooms across the continent are carrying a lot of political weight today, and the biggest case is in Tanzania. The High Court…
Voters in Johannesburg go to the polls on Wednesday for South Africa's local elections, and for many of them the main issue…
Washington's trade relationship with Africa took a sharp turn on Monday when the United States said it would cut two of the…
For seven days, from 24 to 31 October, African news was shaped by two big questions. One was who keeps the peace…
Insecurity in the Horn of Africa dominated Friday's news. Sporadic gunfire around the border town of Moyale has sent Ethiopians fleeing into…
Ethiopia's military build-up dominated the security picture across the continent today. According to The Africa Report, the arrival of Russian fighter jets…
Egypt dominated the region's news today, both as a diplomatic broker and as a state tightening its grip at home. Cairo's foreign…
