Senegal has decided to back former President Macky Sall's bid to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, upending an earlier stance where Dakar joined the African Union to refuse its ...

Rwandan leader Paul Kagame says peace mediators must ensure the question of M23 remains in Congo, even as pressure mounts on Kigali to withdraw troops from the neighbour’s troubled eastern regions.

African Union member states are openly questioning how much longer the continent can sustain its costly peace mission in Somalia, with Cameroon and Gabon warning that “every peace support operation ...

Addressing political finance is not just about improving electoral integrity. It is about ensuring that democratic participation is more inclusive.

A gas pipeline. The Nigeria-Morocco Africa-Atlantic Gas Pipeline project is expected to reshape Africa's energy map and underscore a growing appetite for regional integration. West African leaders ...

In the words of author John Ruganda, “A maimed tigress dies clawing on the soil”. That is the long story of Uganda’s inimitable late Moses Ali, an elder who defied even his own health and died on his ...

Tensions have escalated between Sudan and South Sudan after the electoral authorities in Juba included the disputed oil-rich Abyei area in its voting constituencies for elections due in December. Last ...

There is a clear pattern in these goon attacks. The targets are always human rights activists, protesting youth, and opposition politicians. A few weeks ago, this column warned that Kenya was ...

If you are a struggling East African writer, there’s no reason a report by real estate agency Knight Frank Kenya should interest you. You have no upscale property for them to manage, and no ambitious ...

Reitred Tanzanian priest Ambilikile Mwasapile, popularly known as Babu wa Loliondo, sells his products. Charlatans have been sprouting amongst us because they have realised that our people are ...

July 11 was World Population Day. Wherever it found you in Africa, you could have heard those nice, actually wise and quite rational statements about the development of human resources being the key ...

For many African countries, climate warnings are becoming more accurate, but the continent remains dangerously unprepared for the disasters that follow. It is that growing gap between climate ...