In Africa's turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to position ...

As jihadist violence spreads in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Western influence wanes, and democracy fades into memory ...

Colonial borders still shape today’s global conflicts. Drawn without consent, these lines continue to fuel wars, identity ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness ...

In honour of Walter Sisulu, we reflect on Africa's enduring struggles for freedom and the lessons from the Berlin Conference ...

Because of the current mood in Africa over the deportation saga of the Trump administration, it was a sad “Aha!” moment for many commentators. The perceived ...

U.S. President Donald Trump apparently aims to reassert his power to cause a full-blown economic catastrophe, perhaps ...

America is worried that China and some other rivals are establishing themselves as preferred investors in mineral-rich ...

Jihadist groups and militarised counter-terrorism responses have weakened traditional approaches to resolving climate disputes.

When dawn cracks open the Nigerian sky these days, the first breath many people take is heavy with questions that shouldn’t linger in a country as rich in potential as Nigeria. It used to be enough to ...

As I wrote in several articles, my sojourn in Europe was a culture shock on many levels . The most profound was how Europeans ...

AS we leave the June month of war, the issue of American air and military bases were highlighted by the Iranian mock-attack of the Al Udeid Air base in Qatar, the biggest and the command centre for ...