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Getting Chad’s Transition on Track

Afreximbank and AfCFTA announce Operational Roll-out of PAPSS

Saving Momentum for Change in Mali’s Transition

COVID-19: How can the G20 address debt distress in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Africa must produce its own vaccines

Nigeria’s governors mount legal challenge to control VAT revenue

‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray

Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall this year

Arms transfers, military spending and insurgencies: What we do (and do not) know about Mozambique

What Abuja sees in the Taliban’s takeover

Sahel jihadists: JNIM-EIGS differences are a source of possible optimism

Three Paths to Accelerating Digital Access in West and Central Africa

IS threat moves online, expands across Africa: UN counter-terrorism expert

At river where Tigrayan bodies floated, fears of ‘many more’

Nigeria’s secret programme to lure top Boko Haram defectors

Who will be the PDP’s 2023 presidential candidate?

Building on Somaliland’s Successful Elections

Turkey in the Sahel

Spying scandal: Rwanda targeted South Africa's President

The Dangerous Expansion of Ethiopia’s Tigray War

What India’s COVID-19 crisis means for Africa

Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: Study

What caused South Africa’s week of rioting?

COVID-19 and poverty’s impact on electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa

Tigrayans in Ethiopia fear becoming “the next Rwanda”

South Africa: Zuma can’t be allowed to get away with this

Africa: Which countries charge the most for internet data?

Defections threaten PDP’s survival ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 election

South Africa: ‘Worst violence since apartheid’

Is Ethiopia’s civil war at ‘turning point’ as Tigray rebels retake key cities?

UN ready to promote 'win-win solution' for Blue Nile dam project

Climate crisis highlights urgency of diversifying Africa’s economies

What Do We Know About Chinese Lending in Africa?

Senegal to move all government data to Huawei-run data center

Nigeria: An APC attempt to flip Delta State?

1,014 students abducted since December 2020 in Nigeria

China’s relationship with Africa goes deeper than just resource extraction

Uncovering the civilian toll of France’s anti-jihadist war in Mali

Ethiopia Votes, But Balloting Will Not Ease the Country’s Deep Crisis

Gbagbo’s Return to Côte d’Ivoire: A New Opportunity for Reconciliation

Sahel/US: ’We do not want to work with military forces that have committed human rights abuses’

Ethiopia – Democratic dystopia

Non-Military Actors as a Regional Strategy in the Lake Chad Region

In Tigray, food is often a weapon of war as famine looms

Nine in 10 African nations set to miss urgent COVID vaccination goal

What is happening in Tigray? Ethiopia's brutal civil war explained

France is preparing a Malian base for the Algerian army

IS-linked group says Boko Haram leader in Nigeria is dead

Why the extent of intra-African trade is much higher than commonly believed

Africa Elections 2021: All the upcoming votes and dates

What Do We Know About Chinese Lending in Africa?

Why Namibian chiefs have rejected Germany’s €1bn ‘apology’ for colonial genocide

Caught in the middle: Peace activists in Cameroon try to end a brutal war

Murder in Tillabery: Calming Niger’s Emerging Communal Crisis

‘Our Season’: Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray

Mauritius: A picture perfect democracy’s fall from grace

Madagascar: Urgent humanitarian intervention needed as millions face hunger

Half of CAR population in grip of dire food insecurity, UN warns

Is a war between Egypt and Ethiopia brewing on the Nile?

DR Congo: No Grace Period for the New Government

Violence in Somalia, Déby’s Death and Islamist Militancy in Africa

South-western Niger: Preventing a New Insurrection

Nigeria on high alert as Boko Haram approaches Abuja

Climate adaptation and the great reset for Africa

Why Somalia’s Electoral Crisis Has Tipped into Violence

Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa

‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war

Deby's death seen as blow to counterterrorism efforts in Africa's Sahel

Civil society should anchor Biden’s democracy agenda in Africa

Somalia: Averting a Descent into Political Violence

New SIPRI Policy Paper: Climate-related Security Risks and Peacebuilding in Mali

Millions in west, central Africa facing hunger, WFP

‘Political, security, human rights and humanitarian challenges’ plague Mali

'Leave no Tigrayan': In Ethiopia, an ethnicity is erased

Islamic State looks to Africa to rebuild following Middle East defeats

Has ECOWAS made West Africa a safer place?

Tanzania’s new President and new hope

Inside the great African land rush

Ethiopia’s Tigray War: A Deadly, Dangerous Stalemate

International trade body warns over Africa’s fake Covid vaccines

How African states can improve their cybersecurity

The promises and perils of Africa’s digital revolution

France says no troop withdrawals from Sahel

Sahel: What to look out for in 2021

Tigray: Why are soldiers attacking religious heritage sites?

A Last Chance to End Somalia’s Dangerous Election Impasse

US foreign policy toward Africa: An African citizen perspective

Biden, democracy, and Africa

France says no troop withdrawals from Sahel

Turkey moving to become a major player in Africa

Ethiopian army implicated in brutal war crime, Telegraph

US in Africa: In the Covid era, how to recalibrate security policy

Why Sudan Matters

Joint UN-Government Tigray mission highlights humanitarian needs

Covid-19 vaccines in Africa: Mo Ibrahim and others lament sorry state of access

Iran in Africa: Ideology comes at the expense of diplomacy and business

Macron will change France’s Sahel policy in 2021

Sudan: 250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur

New Challenges for Chad’s Army

How to Spend It: New EU Funding for African Peace and Security

Eritrea in the Tigray war: What we know and why it might backfire

Museveni and the West. Relationship status: It’s complicated

In Central African Republic, disputed polls spark a rebel offensive

'Swift action' needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns

Don’t Discount America’s Interest in Keeping Africa Safe

The EU's urgent imperative in the Sahel

UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan

What we know about South Africa’s Covid-19 strain

Food for Mozambicans struggling amidst violence and COVID-19, WFP

2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic

Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are working together in West Africa to grab large swaths of territory

Is Africa overtaking the Middle East as the new jihadist battleground?

Ethnic profiling of Tigrayans heightens tensions in Ethiopia

Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: The fight is not over yet

France/Russia: Propaganda war on Facebook targets Mali & the CAR

US Africa Command stands up Joint Task Force-Quartz

Holiday gift with impact: crowdfunding solar-powered water access in Africa

Don’t Discount America’s Interest in Keeping Africa Safe

Saving the Central African Republic’s Elections and Averting Another Cycle of Violence

Russia, Rwanda deploy troops to CAR amid pre-election tensions

The Green 'gaslighting' of Africa

Survivors recount horrific details of Mai Kadra massacre

Mali: COVID-19 and conflict lead to rise in child trafficking

300 British troops deploy to Mali on UN Peacekeeping Mission

New Africa alliance aims to tackle deadly COVID ‘infodemic’

Ethiopian leaders rebuff foreign appeals for diplomatic solution in Tigray

Refugee resettlement numbers fall to lowest in two decades: UNHCR

Many challenges remain for Sahel Joint Force, warns Lacroix

Tigray leader says his forces fired rockets at Eritrea

Threats to democracy in Africa: The rise of the constitutional coup

COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat

COVID-19: Why are Africa’s low death rates low?

Clashes over Ethiopia's Tigray Region: Getting to a Ceasefire and National Dialogue

Youth protests for police reform in Nigeria: What lies ahead for #EndSARS

Hundreds dead in escalating Ethiopian conflict

Ethiopian MPs approve launch of military operation in Tigray

As the US Slumps Away, China Subsumes African Security Arrangements

Chatham House Prize: Malawi Judges Win for Election Work

DRC: A history of pillage, destination unknown

Steering Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis Away from Conflict

Why can’t the AU seem to deter coups?

Lake Chad region: The key to peace is water, not military action

Ethiopia/Egypt/Sudan: Trust, linkage, and cooperation can end dam dispute

Report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter

Africa: Positive death penalty decision undermined by continued executions

Coronavirus: why Africa had such a low Covid-19 death rate

New fossil 'rewrites history of human evolution'

South Sudan slides backwards

Africa’s path toward energy security is away from fossil fuels

Burkina Faso ‘one step short of famine’, warns UN WFP

UN chief appeals for urgent action to reverse ‘downward spiral’ in Sahel

Victims or villains? The volunteer fighters on Burkina Faso’s front line

UN envoy outlines cooperation progress in Africa’s Great Lakes region

Violence, COVID-19, contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel

A Technical Retrospective of the Former South African Nuclear Weapon Programme

How pandemic economics and political reform will reshape Nigeria

An emergent ’politico-military’ group in Niger’s northern desert

Kenya: Ahead of the 2022 polls, what options does Kenyatta really have?

Illicit capital robbing Africa and its people of their future: UNCTAD

Uganda ‘cleaning’ NGO list

Power wrangles in Mali

ECOWAS decides to adopt a new roadmap for the launch of the ECO

Global diamond industry unexpected victim of coronavirus

Ranking of African military powers in 2020

Mali: M5-RFP coalition rejects transition charter adopted by junta

South Africa’s COVID relief fund dogged by delays and corruption

4 out of 4: Why has Mali had so many successful coups?

Mali Coup d’État: The soldiers who brought down IBK

One million flee escalating violence in Burkina Faso

Mali soldiers promise elections after coup condemned abroad

Public anger seems to deter Somalia’s Al-Shabaab more than counter-terrorism efforts

Third time lucky: Will Mozambique’s peace deal last?

Ministers should focus on better defining British objectives in the Sahel

Unrest Threatens Ethiopia’s Transition Under Abiy Ahmed

How Facebook spun its web across African internet

Somalia-Somaliland: A Halting Embrace of Dialogue

South Africa: A sophisticated failing state

How to Shield Education from Al-Shabaab in Kenya’s North East

Why the attack on civil liberties in Africa is a matter of life and death

Children in Nigeria and Lake Chad continue to endure ‘horrendous violations’

Water wars: Mekong River another front in US-China rivalry

As the world fractures, Africa must end conflict and boost cooperation

Isabel dos Santos loses to Angola in an $850 million dispute

Why Africa’s oil exporters should worry about the China-Iran mega-deal

West Africa’s Terrorist Challenge and the Dynamics of Regional Response

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

World’s poorest being pushed ‘closer to the abyss’ of famine, warns WFP chief

Antiterrorist Special Forces used to quell Mali’s protests under scrutiny

Mali facing political crisis as calls for IBK’s resignation mount

Defusing Ethiopia’s Latest Perilous Crisis

Violence in Nigeria’s North West: Rolling Back the Mayhem

DFC: Trump’s ‘weapon’ to thwart Chinese influence across Africa

Ahead of peace talks, a who’s who of Cameroon’s separatist movements

Egypt: Sisi’s power reinforced after passing of new law

Intercommunal violence, terrorist attacks inflame tensions in West Africa

A conflict without borders continues to play out in the Sahel

WFP to assist largest number of hungry people as covid-19 devastates poor nations

Water cooperation between States ‘key’ to Blue Nile dam project

UNESCO urges caution over fraudulent African artefacts, sold in its name

Can and Will the SADC Help Contain Violence in Mozambique?

Africa is more resilient than you think

Expanded Coordination Needed Despite New Sahel Coalition

The Muslim and African Bans in the US

chieving peace and development in Central Mali

Financing the Revival of Sudan’s Troubled Transition

Guy Arnold a giant Africanist passes away

Mali: Fragmented territorial sovereignty and contested political space

Lina Attalah: ‘In Egypt, independent journalism is under threat’

Nile Dam Talks: A Short Window to Embrace Compromise

Islamist Militants in Mozambique Intensify Attacks in Cabo Delgado Province

Guterres urges continued global support for Mali amid growing terrorist threat

Absent state functions in Central Mali are the key challenge

ICRC: Most-neglected displacement/crisis countries in Africa

As Chad’s Problems Mount, What Role for Civil Society?

Together, African Countries Have Enough to Fight COVID-19

SIPRI paper on climate-related security risks and the African Union

The impact of the Malian crisis on the Group of Five Sahel countries

Sahel: Bandits on motorbikes sow terror in Niger’s Tillaberi region

France to Lead Joint Effort in War on Terrorism in Sahel Region

Importing the Malian conflict to the Group of Five Sahel countries: The case of the Ayorou refugee camp in Niger

COVID-19 in Somalia: A Public Health Emergency in an Electoral Minefield

Al-Shabaab Threatens COVID-19 Interventions in Somalia

Coronavirus is triggering deep digital change in African fintech

Coronavirus: WHO warns of 190,000 deaths in Africa

Initial AFRICOM civilian casualty assessment quarterly report

The coming of age of the Africa Centers for Disease Control

Southern Africa: Millions face hunger under COVID-19 lockdown regimes

300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: UN agency

Number of hungry people spikes in Central Sahel as COVID-19 looms

Why Sub-Saharan Africa needs a unique response to COVID-19

African countries among world's least happy

Islamic State, Al-Qaida 'On the March' in Africa

Somalia clashes stoke regional tensions

US creates new envoy position to counter rising terrorism in Sahel

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger

Malawi court annuls President Mutharika's 2019 election victory

US-brokered Nile dam deal still deadlocked

US officials: Some troops to stay in Africa amid moves by Russia, China

5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF

Angola may ask Portugal to seize dos Santos' assets: prosecutor

Ethiopia's electoral board sets tentative August date for elections

Killings and violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo

Sudan: Facing up to crisis in Kassala

West Africa renames CFA franc Eco but keeps it pegged to euro

Lesotho: Tens of thousands ‘one step away from famine’

West Africa ‘shaken by unprecedented violence’, UN envoy

Unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Mali revealed in new report

Zimbabwe facing man-made starvation, UN expert

Sudan dissolves former president al-Bashir's party, confiscates party's funds

Political consensus critical ahead of Somalia election: UN

Serious concerns over Sahel, require ‘urgent action’: UN Africa official

‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, WFP

Reconciliation helps ‘repair fractures’, enable lasting peace, UNSC

Africa: Urgent action needed to mobilise domestic resources

Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court

Sudan needs up to $5 billion in budget support to prevent collapse

UN peacekeepers warn of increasing global challenges

UN-African Union security partnership growing, Security Council hears

Military contractor deaths raise questions about Russia's security presence in Africa

Unity, international support needed for Horn of Africa to develop sustainably

two million Cameroonians face humanitarian emergency: UNICEF

CAR considers hosting Russian military base: RIA

Hundreds gathered outside house of Ethiopian activist after deadly day of protests

Russia lands nuclear bombers in Africa as Putin hosts continent's leaders

Africa: States frustrate continental rights bodies’ efforts to uphold human rights

Putin steps up push for influence in Africa with broadside against West

Botswana faces first close election contest since independence

Gambia to file case on genocide against Myanmar at the ICJ

Gambia to file case on genocide against Myanmar at the ICJ

South Sudan Peace Talks With Rebels Begin in Juba

How African leaders cling to power for decades

Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against three epidemics

Kipchoge makes history finishing marathon under 2 hours in Vienna

UN: Escalating Violence in Burkina Faso Displaces 500,000

South-South Cooperation ‘accelerates’ us toward 2030 goals, UN Chief

3.9 million people in Mali need humanitarian help – OCHA

Six African nations sign up to post-Brexit UK trade deal

ICJ sets closure date for hearings in Kenya-Somalia maritime dispute

22,000 Nigerians registered as missing after a decade of war, ICRC

Cameroon sends military to troubled CAR

Pope heads to Mozambique to help consolidate peace

Somalia: worst harvest since 2011, with over 2 million expected to go hungry

Insecurity and violence turn Nigeria into a ‘pressure cooker’, UN rights expert

DR Congo government announced 8 months after Tshisekedi was elected

New Zealand lawmakers urged to drop restrictions on Africa, ME refugees

Forces deployed in Zimbabwe's Bulawayo as opposition appeals protest ban

Chad declares emergency in east after dozens killed in ethnic violence

IGAD sets 21 August for Kiir, Machar meeting

French troops in Mali anti-jihadist campaign mired in mud and mistrust

Unctad to conduct survey on regional trade, tariff barriers

UN warns of spike in grave violations against children in Mali

Breakthrough in new drug treatments to fight Ebola in DR Congo

Malians fleeing violence should be given international protection, UN

Ethiopia to hold national election next year

Push to stop UN listing of Al-Shabaab

28,000 people face starvation in South Sudan: minister

Over 600 foreigners arrested in South Africa

Help African farmers cope with climate change threats, FAO

Zimbabwean opposition plans demonstrations over economy next week

Sudanese factions agree plan to pave way for transitional govt

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