While illegal takeovers of state have declined globally, Africa has now seen at least 10 successful coups since 2020.

In early February 2022, the World Food Programme announced that 13 million people in the Horn of Africa faced severe hunger as drought gripped the region. Similar concerns have been raised for several ...

In May and June, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s commission for controlling desert locust outbreaks in West and ...

Despite Africa's relatively small contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions (3.8 percent), temperatures on the continent are rising at a rate of 1.5 times faster than the global average. The ...

African countries are pursuing stronger regional integration to reap the benefits of larger markets and take advantage of economies of scale; and to tackle regional and global challenges such as ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- When humanitarian agencies ...

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 ...

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 ...

The alarm has sounded: Famine is stalking the Central Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Across both regions, UNICEF projects that some 6.4 million children will experience severe wasting, the painfully ...