As the world braces for Donald Trump’s return, uncertainty looms over the future of the international geopolitical landscape.

Progress has been slow during the AU’s Decade of African Seas and Oceans. Five urgent steps can correct the course.

There is broad consensus among Washington insiders that Trump will tap Peter Pham as his assistant secretary of state for ...

Inclusive conservation in both stable and conflict regions should be considered in economic and development planning.

Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five ...

Sudan’s civil war continues to rage, with no sign that either the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) or Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are close to a military victory or open to a ceasefire. According to the UN ...

Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to US$17 billion annually. A high global demand for African hardwood fuels this environmental crime. By value and by volume, rosewood is the most ...

The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with a smaller force – the AU Support and Stabilization Mission ...

2024 was a bleak year for Africa. Libya and Sudan were partitioned. Ethiopia struggled to contain insurgencies in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia, and conflict continued in South Sudan and Somalia. Coups ...