Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
Somalia's capital Mogadishu was rocked by a devastating terrorist attack on Friday, as militants targeted a popular beach hotel, leaving at least 37 people dead and 212 others wounded.
Opposition parties, presidential candidates, and human rights organizations have leveled serious accusations against the authorities, claiming the use of "arbitrary restrictions" and intimidation tactics to secure the re-election of incumbent President Kais Saied.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Friday that his government has been engaged in negotiations with armed militias in the Amhara region, aiming to peacefully resolve the ongoing conflict.
The Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA), a separatist alliance, claims to have killed 84 Wagner fighters and 47 Malian soldiers during three days of intense fighting near the Algerian border.
The Inspector General of Nigerian Police, Kayode Egbetokun, announced late Thursday that law enforcement has been placed on red alert following clashes that left at least three people dead.
In a nationwide display of public discontent, thousands of Nigerians took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the rising cost of living and what they perceive as economic mismanagement by the government.
Former Guinean military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was sentenced to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity related to the 2009 stadium massacre in Conakry.
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan remained defiant after a drone strike hit an army base he was visiting, vowing not to retreat or negotiate with adversaries.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI pardoned three journalists and a historian as part of his 25th-anniversary celebrations. Omar Radi, Soulaimane Raissouni, and Taoufik Bouachrine, who were imprisoned on charges they denied, were among those pardoned.
Guinea's transitional authorities have presented a draft constitution that sets presidential term limits and may allow current military leader Mamady Doumbouya to run in the next election.
Angola has brokered a ceasefire agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, effective from August 4th.
Tanzania is forcibly evicting Indigenous Maasai from their ancestral lands under the guise of conservation and tourism development.
An international rights group has accused a paramilitary group in Sudan of widespread sexual violence against women, including rape, gang rape, and forced and child marriage, amidst the ongoing conflict in the war-torn nation.
Ninety-five Libyan nationals, apprehended on Friday during a raid on a suspected secret military training camp, appeared in court in Gauteng, South Africa, on Monday. The arrests took place outside the town of White River, approximately 360km (220 miles) east of Johannesburg.
A Court of Judicature in Kampala on monday charged a woman with a disturbing the peace of religious assemblies, an offence allegedly committed on sunday morning in a local church.
Jacob Zuma, the former President of South Africa, has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC) following his support for a rival party during the parliamentary election in May, the ANC announced on Monday.
