Seven Ethiopian armed opposition groups announced a coalition called the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Coalition for Survival. The bloc aims to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and establish a transitional government. Here is all you need to know.
South Africans organized public demonstrations following the discovery of nine women killed near Johannesburg. The deaths sparked fresh outrage over gender-based violence across the country. Here is what actually happened, and the systemic crisis sitting behind the protests.
The United States have given the United Nations a 12-month extension to wind down its support for African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Washington wants to cut funding entirely, but the reprieve keeps operations running through 2027. Here is what actually happened.
British Airways suspended its routes to Tanzania in 2013 over commercial viability. The carrier is now launching direct flights from London Gatwick to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar. Here is what actually happened, and the bigger play sitting behind the announcement.
Nairobi just beat London, Munich, and Rome for the right to host track and field's biggest stage. The real story is not that Kenya won. It is that Africa has been the sport's engine room for decades and still had to wait this long for an invitation to host the party.
The Trump administration just told South Africa's government that trying to fix apartheid's unfinished business counts as racism now. Actual visas are being pulled over it. Here's what happened, and the uncomfortable question sitting underneath the whole story.
Africa's richest man opened the doors to his $47 billion refinery empire this week, and he wants regular people, not just banks and hedge funds, to walk through them. The catch sits in the fine print, and it says a lot about who actually gets rich when Africa's biggest companies go public.
Leaders from eleven countries controlling nearly half the world's population gathered in New Delhi this weekend and told the US, Israel, and Iran to cool it. Three of those leaders came from Africa. So why doesn't Africa's own war get the same treatment?
Two more Nigerians are dead in South Africa within days of each other, and Nigeria's parliament responded by cutting off contact with the country entirely. Here's what actually led to this moment, and the question neither government seems willing to answer out loud.
Apple's newest phones cost more than many Africans earn in two years. The real question isn't whether you can afford one. It's why owning one still feels like the only way in.
When infectious outbreaks breach local boundaries in Central Africa, public health authorities track the spread with rising dread. The virus does not care about national borders or regional governance.
When soldiers attempted a coup in Niger, the ruling junta reaches for a familiar playbook. Moscow answers the call. The intervention saves the government from collapse, but the rescue exposes an uncomfortable truth about security dynamics across the Sahel.
If you only look at European or American cities when you think about the African diaspora, you miss half the story. Meet Professor Adams Bodomo. Born in Ghana, educated across three continents, and currently holding the Chair of African Linguistics and Literatures at the University of Vienna.
President William Ruto wants foreign nationals out of Kenya's retail sector. The government issued a strict ninety-day deadline for foreign business owners to regularize their documentation or pack their bags.
Tanzania Vice President broke the news that Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband to President Samia Suluhu Hassan, passed away while receiving treatment for a heart condition. He was a professional who kept a low profile during his wife's rise to become Tanzania’s first female head of state.
Kenya told Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Chemicals to pack its bags. President William Ruto ordered the company to shut down its entire operation at Lake Magadi, ending an extraction pipeline that lasted over one hundred years.
