Belgian-Portuguese national Joseph Figueira Martin has been all but abandoned, banged up for 10 months in a Bangui military camp in the Central African Republic, awaiting trial on...

The launch of the European Union's master plan for energy on 9 March was delayed for a week as the war raging in Ukraine forced officials to...

Restive militaries, recurring financial crises and transitions under two ageing authoritarian leaders are pressuring governments in Central Africa. These developments both pose threats and offer opportunities to Russia....

Russian officials are confident that South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend President Vladimir Putin's Russia-Africa summit due to be held in late July in St Petersburg. The...

As Russia seeks to evade western sanctions on oil and gas exports, mystery surrounds the fate of two super-tankers loaded with 4.2 million barrels of Russian crude oil...