France has long trumpeted its close ties to Africa. French troops have not hesitated to jump in to support a favored despot. It appears that the favors went both ways. Robert Bourgi, a longtime ...

Human rights activist and Abuja-based lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has blamed the rising appeal of military coups across Africa on what he described as the shameless and reckless conduct of many politicians ...

Africa’s cities are no longer passive recipients of political decisions; they are the crucibles of civic anger, spatial ...

South Africa’s stagnation stems from weak institutions and elite capturePakistan’s “ungovernable” institutions mirror South ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -For investors, the spectacle of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's fraught Oval Office encounter with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was little more than a sideshow. The ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three African politicians seeking to head the African Union detailed their plans on Friday for regional security amid conflicts and political coups while strongly advocating for ...

In The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics, Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), explores ...

The leaders of lobby groups AfriForum and Solidarity have come under intense scrutiny following their recent meeting with members of the Donald Trump administration in the US. On Tuesday, they urged ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new organization known as the African Political Action Committee of Staten Island has launched in the hopes of ensuring that the voices of African and African American ...

In 2017 Claudio Silva, who a few years earlier returned to Angola after growing up in America, was optimistic that the country of his birth was turning a corner. That year João Lourenço became ...