Dr Ali-Said Matano, former Executive Secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and now Senior Advisor on Blue Economy ...

THE killing of 54 soldiers by non-state armed groups in Benin, in April, underlines escalating volatility in West Africa. Benin is coincidentally enduring political tensions. The new Electoral Code is ...

The upshot is a paradox. Under Mr Trump America will do a lot less in Africa than it has done for decades. But African ...

Marking 25 years of EU-AU partnership, the Summit comes at a pivotal time as Angola holds the rotating African Union presidency. Leaders will focus on strengthening cooperation in key areas such as ...

What is the situation in Africa? Where is it safe, and in which countries is the situation deteriorating? The answer to this is provided by the Global Peace Index (GPI), published annually by the ...

AS we leave the June month of war, the issue of American air and military bases were highlighted by the Iranian mock-attack of the Al Udeid Air base in Qatar, the biggest and the command centre for ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

The East African Development Bank (EADB) has taken a significant leap forward in fostering sustainable economic development across East Africa by formalizing a $40 million (105.7bn/- ) loan agreement ...

The rise of external AI giants underscores the urgency of developing homegrown language models that reflect Africa’s ...

Recognizing Somaliland is more than a moral imperative for the United States. It is also a strategic opportunity.

Since the state of Israel was established in 1948, Arab countries and post-1979 revolution Iran have not acknowledged their defeats, preferring a policy ...

The Middle East, political map with capitals and international borders. Geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran and Iraq. Formerly called Near East.