Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, Senegalese customs officials have successfully intercepted three cocaine shipments with a combined value exceeding $50 million in the past five days.
During a heated session at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Sudan levied serious accusations against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), claiming it has been arming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the ongoing 14-month civil war.
In a devastating overnight event, a large fire at Chad’s primary military ammunition depot in the Goudji area of the capital, N'Djamena, resulted in the deaths of at least nine people, with another 46 suffering injuries, some critically.
In a grand ceremony filled with military honors, President Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in for his second term on Wednesday, following a tightly contested election last month
In Nairobi, Kenya's capital, a wave of protests against proposed tax increases has led to the arrest of over 200 demonstrators, sparking widespread concerns over civil liberties and economic pressure on citizens.
Al-Shabab militants have managed to nullify all territorial gains made by the Somali National Army over the past two years.
It was the latest resurgence of the violence that had declined as security forces, backed by troops from neighboring states, seemed to be getting the situation under control.
South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has announced that his political party, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), will join the opposition alliance in parliament
An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for an attack on June 11 that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in the Mansila area near the border with Niger, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
A Romanian "mercenary" and two Congolese soldiers were killed, and a U.N. peacekeeper was wounded in three separate incidents in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, several sources reported Sunday.
Pope Francis on Sunday pleaded for an end to violence and civilian deaths in North Kivu, a conflict-stricken province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Niger's ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has been stripped of his immunity by the State Court of Niamey, signaling that the ruling junta will launch criminal proceedings against him, his lawyers said on Friday.
Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to work with politicians across the political spectrum after being reelected as President of South Africa by lawmakers on Friday.
The African National Congress (ANC) and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance (DA), agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa's new government of national unity.
An attack blamed on Islamic State-linked rebels has left dozens of people dead in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Beni region, local authorities said on Thursday.
he U.N. Security Council demanded Thursday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) halt their siege on the North Darfur capital, El Fasher, as they are poised to take the last remaining city in Sudan’s Darfur region from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
