On 12 October 2026, former Congolese president Joseph Kabila announced in M23-controlled Goma the creation of the Front pour ...

In the early hours of 3 September, a group of suspected fighters from the Islamic State-linked insurgency in northern ...

History in the Horn of Africa is rarely allowed to remain history. An ancient civilization becomes evidence of modern sovereignty. A medieval dynasty becomes proof of national continuity. Territory ...

In the immediate aftermath of Zambia’s 13 August election, we raised concerns about striking discrepancies between presidential and parliamentary results. We were deliberately cautious: we did not ...

In Lusaka in early August, an eerie silence lies over much of the city. Five days until the country goes to the polls on 13 August 2026, there is none of the frenzy or excitement that characterised ...

The past weeks have perhaps been among the most intense and unsettling in Uganda in recent years. Within a remarkably short period of time, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among – until recently one of ...

Africa is not high up the Trump Administration’s priority list. In fact, it is explicitly at the bottom. It appears only on the very last page of the 2025 National Security Strategy, and this position ...

As the ballots are counted in Ethiopia’s 2026 general elections, government officials present the vote as evidence that the country has turned a corner. More than 50 million voters have reportedly ...

Patrice Talon has now completed two terms in office, in line with Benin’s constitutional limit. As a result, he is expected to step down at the next election. But many suspect that he will seek to ...

Across cross global politics, the rehabilitation of the rule of the strong has become increasingly visible. From Donald Trump in the United States to Vladimir Putin in Russia, or Viktor Orbán in ...

After a protracted civil war (1991–2002), Sierra Leone embarked on a very ambitious post-war peace-building and national development agenda. Key among the strategies employed is the Vision 2025 ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s youngest region. Nearly seven in ten citizens are under 30. Despite this demographic reality, many young people are excluded from decision making platforms. However, ...