By Gregory Simpkins Africa is home to 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, with countries like Niger, Senegal and Libya leading the charge....
Kenya, currently holding the East African Community (EAC) presidency, has announced a joint summit with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on February 7-8 in Dar...
By Danilo Desiderio In fragile geopolitical environments such as Sub-Saharan Africa – marked by territorial conflicts, road banditry, terrorist attacks, and inter-ethnic and inter-tribal clashes –...
By Godfred Zina Libya remains a key transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, despite its ongoing internal instability....
By Mary Alorh Sudan’s crisis has not merely awakened dormant tensions but has instead revealed profound and long-standing societal challenges. Decades of political instability and neglect...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In junior high school, particularly in a subject called “social studies” under the Ghanaian curriculum, we were taught that the assassination of...
By Gregory Simpkins As I have written about previously, as many as four billion people globally experience water shortages for at least one month a year,...
By Gregory Simpkins Summertime is a prime season for tourism, and there are Americans who will want to visit Africa, this year again, or for the...
Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda will send 2,500 troops to South Sudan to prevent renewed fighting between government and rebel forces, an Ethiopian official said. Soldiers from Ethiopia,...
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has maintained a positive outlook on Africa’s Economic growth projecting a 4.3 percent rise in this years and an acceleration to...
Boko Haram rebels have released a video purporting to show some of the Nigerian school girls they abducted last month. Their leader says he will free...
Conflict in northeast Nigeria appears to be escalating with nearly 100 people killed and three abducted in separate attacks over the weekend. Two vehicles exploded Saturday...
South Sudan has reversed a plan by local authorities to partially shut down oil production and evacuate foreign workers in its main oil-producing region after it...
Uganda stated that it will not fully withdraw its forces from South Sudan, despite concerns their continued presence is complicating efforts to bring peace to the...
The international community is urging South Sudan’s government to release the last four political detainees it arrested as the country erupted in violence last month as...
The Ivory Coast‘s (Cote D’Ivoire) new authorities on Monday named Chelsea striker Didier Drogba (pictured), as a member of a special 11 member commission tasked with...
