Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

one area remains as “Africa’s last colony”, leaving a black hole in global data. Western Sahara is effectively no mans land. It often appears un-labelled on world maps. Moreover, GDP ...

In the real sense of it, the emergence of Trump in his “second missionary journey” and the raft of executive orders he’s ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries formally quit ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map ... Africa, a weekly newsletter that keeps you in the loop about the world’s youngest ...

Last Wednesday, an official announcement was that three West African countries under military rule have officially left the regional bloc, The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ...

Fynbos fish, some dating back 20 million years, are disappearing from South Africa’s rivers. Conservationists warn that ...

More than 30 countries grant unrestricted birthright citizenship based on the ‘jus soli’ principle – and nearly all of them ...

You really can’t overstate the case for visiting Cape Town. First, there’s the in-your-face beauty of a craggy mountain range ...

Thirty years after the violence, a related border conflict escalates, with control of mineral wealth at stake.

These tourists are considering destinations across the vast continent, from South Africa to Tunisia. With one of the largest deserts in the world to the sprawling Okavango ... the countries of Western ...