But the military takeover in Madagascar marks only the second coup in that period to take place outside of the Sahel region, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Floods, droughts, hotter weather and a desert locust invasion — the impacts of climate change are hitting Africa hard, and worse is ahead for the region’s food supplies, economy and health, the U.N.

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 UN’s 80th anniversary laid bare deep fractures: a cash crisis, vanishing multilateralism, and rising powers rewriting the ...

The World Bank on Monday said it would invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve agriculture productivity, and promote livelihoods in 11 African ...

Ministers and government leaders from across Africa will gather in Madrid, Spain, on October 22–23, 2025, for the Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM), a global summit focused on integrating water, ...