NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With an El Niño event predicted to hit the Horn of Africa and the Sahel starting in December, potentially bringing worsening droughts and floods, researchers are ...

Those who rise to power through a coup often fall by the same means. I lead a research team that compiles the Colpus Dataset of coup types and characteristics and have written on the history of coups ...

The 2025 Global Terrorism Index released this week has confirmed what many African analysts, soldiers, and experts in general have long known: Africa’s war against ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. While global powers covet Africa's natural resources, they have paid little attention to the wave of coups that have swept the continent in recent years.

Emanuela Claudia Del Re has been appointed EUSR for the Sahel from 1 July 2021 until 30 August 2022 . Ms. Del Re is an Italian national with a long academic career, having conducted extensive research ...

Egypt’s diplomatic and military moves in the Horn of Africa over the past two years have drawn notice – especially among those focused on what regional upheavals mean for freedom of navigation and ...

Severe flooding has hit countries in the East and Horn of Africa as heavy El Niño-rains continue to afflict a refugee-hosting region at the front line of the climate crisis, where deep droughts ...

When Türkiye’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalın publicly described Africa as a “strategic priority,” he was not just ...

ASMARA - Eritrea has refuted claims that it is responsible for endless conflicts in the Horn of Africa, shunning the statement issued by former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome, who linked Asmara ...

As 2026 reaches its second month, military events continue to dominate headlines, looming as an unsettling factor that influences state sovereignty, economic confidence, and political stability ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I lead a research team that compiles the Colpus Dataset of coup types and ...