Africa

Pentagon eyes reducing its footprint in the region as terrorist groups expand in the Sahel.

Ivoirian President Alassane Ouattara has won plaudits for his economic successes, but there are cracks in his democratic facade.

George Clooney’s pioneering data project documented horrors in Sudan, but that wasn’t enough.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has disbanded Africa’s largest political party in an effort to reinvent the country’s politics—but some powerful players stand to lose, and they won’t go quietly.

Abdalla Hamdok wasn't sure he wanted the job, but six months later there is reason to hope—despite the failed mutiny this week.

But talks in Washington haven’t yet solved the trickiest questions still looming over the dam’s impact on countries downstream.

Guinea-Bissau challenges the imposition of Western forms of government.

China’s designs in space, a drought crisis in southern Africa, and other stories you may have missed during this year’s chaotic and nonstop news cycle.

Despite years of U.S. and international efforts to fight terrorism in the area, extremist groups are gaining ground.

The country is home to one of the largest deployments of U.S. military personnel in Africa and is a linchpin of regional stability—but the coming year could throw all that into turmoil.

U.S. ambassador considers resigning over the issue, which could harm U.S. anti-terrorism mission and aid programs there, officials say.

Some of their ideas are effective, some are strange—and some could make the problem even worse.

The country successfully toppled a dictator. Now it's in an epic battle to secure freedom.

Washington gives the country $500 million in support a year, he says, but has little to show for it in terms of cooperation and human rights.

Ethno-regional divisions might tear apart hopes of unifying power at the center.

Another delay won’t help achieve lasting peace. What the world’s youngest country needs is an exit strategy for its old-guard leaders.

Symbolic half-measures like revoking preferential trade status are not enough to force the repressive regime of Paul Biya to change. Canceling IMF loans and military aid would show that the White House is serious.

The United States has mounted a wide-ranging response to the latest deadly outbreak, as only it can.

With oil prices low, the region’s major oil-exporting economies have a chance to unlink their economies from natural resources.