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Oil-backed trade is helping African nations bypass financial constraints and sustain their economies by exchanging crude for refined fuels and services. ...

oil industry

Africa

Niger’s Junta Leader Sworn in for Five-Year Transition Period March 26, 2025

Africa

More Than 50 Civilians Die in Darfur Market Strike March 26, 2025

Africa

U.S. Says ‘No More Money' for South Africa March 26, 2025

President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio’s expulsion this week from the United States of the South African ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, is another delightful wringing down of the curtain on a long era of hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil hy...

South Africa

Egypt–Ethiopia Tensions Fuel Conflict March 26, 2025

Egypt and Ethiopia are currently engaged in a battle for influence in East Africa. Egypt is promising to provide materiel as part of a defense pact with the Somali central government, while Ethiopia has signed a memorandum of understanding with the b...

Egypt

Ethiopia

Foreign Flower Firms Flee Ethiopia as Amhara Conflict Intensifies March 25, 2025

Africa

South Sudan on Brink of Renewed Civil War, UN Warns March 25, 2025

Africa

The Gulf Way To Engage With Africa March 25, 2025

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have longstanding political and security interests in north and east Africa. ...

United Arab Emirates

Mapping the Human Toll of the Conflict in DR Congo March 24, 2025

Africa

East Congo Ceasefire in Trouble as Rebels Stay In Strategic Town March 24, 2025

Africa

Are Malian Troops and Russian Mercenaries Attacking Civilians? March 24, 2025

Africa

How Campus Activism on Israel-Palestine Warps Global Security Priorities March 24, 2025

Thanks to university-driven activism over the Israel-Palestine conflict, the war in Gaza has politically sidelined the West’s commitment to global security in other regions of the world.Israel-Palestine is one of the few conflicts that inspires activ...

U.S.-South Africa Diplomatic Crisis Provides an Opportunity for a New Beginning March 22, 2025

U.S.-South Africa relations sank to a new low last week after the South African ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, accused the Trump administration of “supremacy” on four occasions during an online lecture on U.S. foreign policy to a South Afr...

South Africa

Trump administration

foreign policy

West African Mission Leaves Guinea-Bissau After ‘President’s Threats’ March 21, 2025

Africa

M23 Defies Ceasefire Agreement, Continues Offensive March 21, 2025

Africa

Sudanese Army Recaptures Presidential Palace March 21, 2025

Africa

China’s African Edge March 21, 2025

As China and Russia gain ground in Africa, the U.S. policy should distance itself from its unpopular European partners. ...

china

M23 Rebels Capture Walikale, Another Key Town in Eastern DRC March 20, 2025

Africa

Nigeria Suspends Oil-State Governor, Declares Emergency Rule March 20, 2025

Africa

Mozambicans in Malawi Cautiously Look To Return Home March 20, 2025

Africa

The Soft Face of Zimbabwe’s Dictatorship March 20, 2025

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to select a new president this week to succeed Thomas Bach. In a field of seven candidates, Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, Africa's most decorated Olympian, could make history as the first woman to head t...

M23 Rebels Withdraw From Congo Peace Talks Citing EU Sanctions March 18, 2025

Africa

Nigeria: Explosion Reported at Major Oil Pipeline March 18, 2025

Africa