Africa

Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger due to government failures to invest in preventive infrastructure.

The world is long overdue for the abandonment of the unstated but powerful hegemony that exists around the great imperial languages of centuries past.

Workers report sexual coercion and poor conditions at the Hawassa Industrial Park.

South African leaders have consistently rejected U.S. efforts to punish African countries for nonalignment.

Leading lawmaker calls on Biden to address Zimbabwe’s “dire” authoritarian turn after the incident.

Will a monarch known for voicing his personal views apologize for Britain’s crimes in Africa?

The first country to default in the COVID era makes a deal with the IMF.

The grim events that took place at historical sites such as Ghana’s Elmina Castle made all of us.

The Ethiopian government’s chokehold on humanitarian aid needs to end. 

After five months of relative calm, Tigray is once again under fire.

Kyiv is struggling to find leverage against Russian narratives.

South Africa’s former president had the chance to launch a massive program of regional economic integration but failed to seize it.

President João Lourenço’s MPLA faces an unusually strong challenge from a united opposition.

A “game-changing” bill hits an impasse over programs in Haiti and Libya.

A nearly $1 billion U.S. arms sale to the country will promote further violence.

The U.S. secretary of state is urging Kigali, Kinshasa, and others to stop backing militias in the region—but a lasting peace deal remains elusive.

Beijing has been increasingly clear about its global military ambitions.

When civilian institutions are undermined, soldiers step in.