Like its neighbor Mali, Burkina Faso also witnessed two successive coups. In January 2022, Roch Kaboré was ousted by Lt. Col.

It had become a familiar scene in West Africa. A group of soldiers appeared on state television in Benin on Sunday to claim ...

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project aims to create this vital resource. Africa’s official maps are stuck in the ...

Given its obligations in the region, South Africa is uniquely positioned to represent Africa’s interests in Antarctic ...

Under heavy sanctions following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia stepped up its courting of African governments with offers of military cooperation, weapons, grain and fertilizers. It’s also ...

There’s a significant shift towards the recognition of customary rights and the strengthening of women’s land rights.

Across East Africa, from Ethiopia’s coasts on the Red Sea down to Mozambique, a long line on the map shows where the ...

An audacious effort joined two disparate communities, who say they all suffer from the staggering violence and crime affecting the country.

The agreement, signed on December 6, 2025, at TPA Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, was endorsed by TPA Director General ...

Guinea-Bissau can only expect messages of condemnation and threats of isolation from ECOWAS, the AU, and the UN. Such ...

The Indian Ocean must be understood not as a boundary, but as a shared inheritance, a commons that anchors Africa’s economic emancipation and geopolitical autonomy. Anything less is a betrayal of ...