Tag: Africa

Zimbabwe came to a standstill on March 31. As the military filled the streets in response to a planned protest, citizens stayed inside, fearing clashes between demonstrators and state authorities. ...

An Ohio man who is suspected of orchestrating mass killings during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been arrested for allegedly lying on his US immigration papers to conceal his heinous ...

Jihadi gunmen murdered at least a hundred Christians in the Nigerian village of Yelewata, central Nigeria, on Friday night, the latest in a long string of bloody attacks on farmers ...

On Thursday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu pardoned and bestowed a national honor on environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after his execution. It’s the first time that Nigeria’s government has ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Egypt unveils plans for another urban megaproject, the Wagner Group leaves Mali after three and a half years, and Ghana ...

Fifty years ago, West African leaders gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, to establish the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the continent’s first post-independence regional bloc. Today, it stands as ...

The top US general in Africa warned Friday that terror groups in the Sahel region are “thriving” and may eventually pose a threat to the homeland.  Marine Corps Gen. Michael ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump’s Africa policy is a boon to China and Iran, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa wins praise ...

For weeks now, egged on by his South African-born mega-billionaire advisor Elon Musk, U.S. President Donald Trump has been ratcheting up a campaign to inflict damage on South Africa, a ...

On Wednesday in the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald Trump received South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa. Their initially friendly banter quickly gave way as Trump levied false claims over a ...