During the same week that President Donald Trump repeatedly denigrated Somali immigrants as “garbage,” he also welcomed a ...

Trump hosted the leaders of Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in an attempt to cement a peace deal to end their ...

France has long trumpeted its close ties to Africa. French troops have not hesitated to jump in to support a favored despot. It appears that the favors went both ways. Robert Bourgi, a longtime ...

Senegal's prime minister and Nigeria's former leader say they do not believe the military takeover was genuine.

The youth-led protests engulfing Kenya and Nigeria are signs of a more severe set of problems that have weighed Africa down for decades. Across the continent, the cost of running government agencies ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -For investors, the spectacle of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's fraught Oval Office encounter with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was little more than a sideshow. The ...

In The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics, Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), explores ...

The “sacred promise” for East African citizens with the ambition of the East African Community leading Africa with its ambitious Vision 2050, is quickly being eroded by a reckless, fearful, ...

South Africa took unprecedented political steps with the appointment of a lesbian to the presidential cabinet and the election of the first-ever gay black member of Parliament this month. Appointed by ...