BY OLAYINKA AJALA The Sahel, a region 3,860km wide located south of the Sahara Desert and stretching east-west across the African continent, has been a focus of attention around the world recently....

BY GWYNNE DYER On Sunday, the last of 12,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops left Mali, ordered out by the military regime that seized power after two successive coups in 2020...

PETER VIGGO JAKOBSEN and TROELS BURCHALL HENNINGSEN   An Iranian fishing vessel, Almeraj 1, was reportedly hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2023.   According to media reports, the pirates demanded US$400,000...

BY LAUREN JOHNSTON   In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the West, China-Africa relations...

Sudan junta President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has criticised African leaders who have hosted Rapid Support Forces Commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in the past week.  Burhan, who is also the Sudan...

The junta Sudan government on Thursday summoned its ambassador in Nairobi for consultations.  Foreign Minister-designate, Ambassador Ali Al-Sadiq, confirmed that Sudan had summoned its envoy in protest against the official...

After nine months of a destructive war, the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces has expressed willingness to negotiatiate with the Sudan Armed Forces for a comprehensive solution to the...

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Monusco, is ending after 20 years. It will be replaced by troops from the Southern African Development Community...

AFP Somalia vowed on Tuesday to defend its territory by "any legal means" and recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia after Addis Ababa struck a controversial deal with the breakaway region...

BY AGNES GITAU Eastern Africa outlook 2024: Navigating growth, inflation, and fiscal reforms against a backdrop of rising sovereign debt and geopolitical challenges  Sub-Saharan Africa emerges from 2023 with cautious...