The grouping is sometimes described as odd, with South Africa seen as a weaker link. However, over the years, the bloc has become a political threat. Although it champions the interests of the broader ...

Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some areas and ...

and the conflict between political parties that threatened to derail South Africa's transition to democracy in the 1990s. But now the killings are frequently carried out by hitmen for hire ...

Rebel soldiers in Niger deposed the country’s Western-allied president, Mohamed Bazoum, on July 26 amid political upheaval, a rise in Islamist extremism and growing Russian influence across the ...

It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron, Rwanda, may be willing to use its strength to redraw the map of the region ... Sign up to the Analysing Africa, a weekly newsletter that keeps ...