School kidnappings fuel political crisis ahead of 2027 vote

When thousands of South Africans marched peacefully on 30 June demanding tighter immigration controls, the biggest story was not the demonstrations – it was the absence of violence....

On 1 July the United States announced that it will block UN financial support for the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia in 2027, deepening a funding crisis...

Thirty-two years ago, an exciting Nigeria team narrowly fell short of the quarter finals at World Cup ‘USA 94’, following Italy’s 89th minute equalizer and subsequent extra-time winner...

President William Ruto is the heavy favourite to secure a second term in the August 2027 general elections mainly because of his relentless politicking and the lack of...

A compelling new investigation into how fighters loyal to eastern-based warlord Khalifa Haftar have trained fighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is complicating a new US push...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been publicly dismissive about the effects of losing western funding in the wake of last October’s brutal elections, in which over 500 protestors...

Looking for a way to target United States security and commercial interests, President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government wants to lean on Washington’s new ambassador to Tanzania, William Trachman,...

The sands are shifting in the Horn, prompting a spate of diplomatic openings from the United States and the African Union. For now, it’s unlikely that either party...

As the implications of the emerging alignment in the Horn become clearer, United States President Donald J Trump’s administration calculates that behind the threat of renewed conflict in...

After a brief pause during the United States-Iran war, regional competition between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed...

Last October, Tanzania’s then Defence Minister, Stergomena Tax, and Chief of Defence Forces, General Jacob Mkunda, were among the country’s top securocrats who gathered to quaff champagne and...

Police forces across the European Union now have sweeping new powers to detain and deport migrants under a new ‘returns’ regulation in effect since 1 July. But that...

The suspension of duties on phosphate fertiliser imported from Morocco by US President Donald Trump’s administration is the latest in a series of lucrative quid pro quos between...

The memorandum of understanding digitally signed by United States President Donald Trump and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on 18 June was welcomed in most world capitals as the...

Faced with a combination of fuel and fertiliser price rises resulting from the Iran war, high debt servicing costs and declining aid flows hitting consumer spending and government...

East Africa’s budget season has again been framed as a fightback against the global slowdown. Finance ministers in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi point to strong regional...