On 12 October 2026, former Congolese president Joseph Kabila announced in M23-controlled Goma the creation of the Front pour ...

After a protracted civil war (1991–2002), Sierra Leone embarked on a very ambitious post-war peace-building and national development agenda. Key among the strategies employed is the Vision 2025 ...

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) was established in 1997 as an autonomous agency for collecting tax revenue and customs duties. Under the leadership of Commissioner Pravin Gordhan SARS became ...

The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has congratulated the military-led government of Gabon on a successful constitutional referendum. General Brice Oligui Nguema came ...

Between the brutal war in Sudan and simmering tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea, it seems like most countries in the Horn of Africa are either at war or on the verge of it, without peace in sight.

The coups in Niger and Gabon on 27 July 27 and 30 August, respectively, mark the latest unconstitutional changes of government in Africa. Since 2020, there have been ten successful coups in Africa, ...

Confidence in courts is unsteady in Africa. Recent Afrobarometer polls reveal largely negative perceptions of the judiciary and growing levels of public distrust in a variety of countries, including ...

To gain insight into Russia’s governance model in Africa, one only need look at the experience of the Central African Republic. Russian mercenaries with the notorious Wagner Group, ostensibly brought ...

How is it that, despite a long history of anticolonial struggle, South Africa has been so hospitable to oligarchic rule? The loosening of formal colonial control in the early twentieth century ...

Following a series of interviews with former colleagues, this is an attempt to profile one of Africa’s most reclusive and authoritarian leaders. Though he remarkably outlasted his peers, his ...

After two years of ravaging war, the Tigray Regional State’s government, represented by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), and the Federal Government of Ethiopia, reached an Agreement for ...

Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads The year 2024 will be ...