João Gomes Cravinho, Portugal's defence minister, wants to strengthen political dialogue between the European Union and African decision-makers. Most European countries have military missions in Africa but...

When President Uhuru Kenyatta shuffled and expanded his pack of ministers on Thursday (19 February) it was his 'handshake' partners, Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga and...

As the pandemic recession and the push for a green energy transition hasten the winding down of the hydrocarbon economy, big oil companies are contending with falling profits...

The appointment of Karim Khan as new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on 12 February has been commended by the British and Kenyan governments but condemned by...

The death in custody of revered Rwandan musician Kizito Mihigo and the coming trial of Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of the movie Hotel Rwanda, are focusing renewed attention...

Political alliances have been shaken up again after the former trade minister in President Mwai Kibaki's government, Mukhisa Kituyi, resigned as Secretary General of the UN Conference on...

In a nearly empty parliament on yesterday evening (11 February) President Cyril Ramaphosa resorted to pastoral analogies to convey the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and fire up...

Although central bank governor Godwin Emefiele is holding to the line that a formal devaluation of the naira is unnecessary – traders claim it is overvalued by as...

France's President Emmanuel Macron is likely to cut more troops from the region at next week's G5 Sahel summit in Chad on Monday and Tuesday (15 and 16...

On paper, Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo''s presidential term will end on 15 February. But he shows no signs of vacating the post after plans to organise an indirect...