Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
Nearly 16 million Moroccans got the chance to vote for a new parliament today. A chunk of the country's most organized political voices spent the run-up telling people not to bother.
For the first time in British history, legal authorities have charged a suspect with crimes stemming from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Based on updated International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook data, national wealth across the continent is primarily evaluated through Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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.
Niger has blamed France for the violent military mutiny aimed at overthrowing General Abdourahamane Tiani. How many times must Africa suffer foreign meddling before old imperial masters accept that the continent belong to Africans alone?
U.S. military operations across Africa continue to expand through strategic defense partnerships and cooperative bases, raising an urgent question. How can America justify expanding a sprawling military footprint across Africa while local populations reap zero security benefits?
UN investigators just exposed a global network of foreign suppliers, mercenaries, and weapon traffickers fueling Sudan's civil war. How many more lives must be shattered before the international community stop treating Africa's sovereign borders as a testing ground for weapons and endless greed?
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema just took the oath of office for a second term while his main political opponent remained locked behind bars. How many times must the continent watch democracy champions morph into authoritarian rulers the exact moment they secure the keys to state power?
Delegates in Ethiopia just backed a constitutional plan to create a powerful executive presidency, raising an urgent question. How many times must the continent watch leaders centralize absolute authority under the guise of unity before we admit that super-presidencies always end in tyranny?
Citizens in Guinea Bissau just headed to the polls for a high-stakes constitutional referendum designed to hand sweeping executive powers to the head of state.
