Politics

Even before the pandemic there were postponements. Before that, there were protests. From a large armchair positioned beneath his own portrait, the 82-year-old president of [read more…]

Al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, the terrorist group’s largest and most active global affiliate, has issued specific new threats against Americans in East Africa and [read more…]

Berlin 1884: 135 years ago today, European leaders sat around a horseshoe-shaped table to set the rules for Africa’s colonisation. On the afternoon of Saturday, [read more…]

Africans should be under no illusion about who their suitor really is, especially those who value their democratic institutions and practices. Racism, homophobia, a constricted [read more…]

When he ended the brutal 22-year presidency of Yahya Jammeh, he was hailed as a hero. But the hope inspired by Adama Barrow’s ascent has [read more…]

Will countries heed the AU Peace and Security Council’s concerns about foreign military bases on the continent? Africa is host to a rising number of [read more…]

Elections are usually a contest between competing parties. Sometimes, though, they are fundamentally about a battle for power within a party. In the case of [read more…]

KAMPALA, Uganda — Protests in Sudan reached a new stage over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people demonstrating in front of army headquarters [read more…]

ABUJA, Nigeria — When a Nigerian presidential candidate landed in the United States in January after years of being subject to a visa ban because [read more…]

Botswana’s ruling party is in the midst of its worst crisis since taking power at independence from the U.K. in 1966 as a leadership battle [read more…]