As the just transition gathers momentum and renewable energy becomes more affordable, countries around the world taking climate action. South Africa must follow suit
The highlights of 2021 in Africa
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU Commission’s chairperson
Governments across sub-Saharan Africa violently pursue exiles abroad. Democracies must push back
After being praised for their handling of the pandemic, African countries must now confront the economic fallout – even as they grapple with existing political and security challenges
Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
Lula Ali Ismaïl’s first feature-length film, Dhalinyaro, was a smash hit in her home country — and beyond
The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world
Formerly classified documents reveal an ambitious $330-million project to upgrade US military bases in Africa
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges
The Horn of Africa will not get stability and security without accountability and peace in neighboring Yemen
To limit dependence on China, Africa has several options to raise cash for infrastructure development
My country is not independent. It’s an open air prison, writes Daher Ahmed Farah
But is Hargeisa sacrificing its values in its quest for independence?
A deal brokered by Ethiopia to develop the port at Berbera will have a ripple effect across the Horn of Africa
Leaders would be right to note that unless partnership agreements are reaffirmed, America’s declining influence and importance will continue.
There are only two sea routes linking Europe with East Africa and much of Asia. Either you sail around the Cape of Good Hope or through the Suez Canal
Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability
China’s military budget has grown steadily for 30 years, but its ‘world-class army’ is not a strategic threat — for now.
One of the reasons for Francophone Africa’s mass migration to France is leaders who refuse to go.
The superpower may expand its bootprint across the continent but it was the Ebola outbreak that sparked this latest move in its ‘war on terror’.
Weeks before President Ismaïl Guelleh stands for an unconstitutional fourth term, he has lost a “politically motivated” case against his former ally.
Western nations won’t intervene lest they upset a strategic partnership or usher in another despot.
The secretive state of Djibouti has drawn the gaze of the world as its leader, Ismaïl Guelleh, is penalised for alleged abuse.
Djibouti is a springboard into a troubled region and home to a squadron of American drones.
Tables have been turned on the government’s terrorism accusations against opposition leader Abdourahman Boreh.
Abdourahman Boreh upset the country’s ruler and a British court froze his $100-million assets.
President Ismael Omar Guelleh’s regime is up against its most serious threat in a decade: a united opposition for this week’s legislative elections.
Somalia’s al-Qaeda-allied al-Shebaab rebels warned they were stepping up a bombing campaign in the war-torn capital Mogadishu.
Djibouti warned on Wednesday that Somalia’s Western-backed transitional government may not survive the intensified conflict with armed insurgents.
Members of the United Nations Security Council have agreed on the final text of a long-delayed resolution that gives countries the right to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, council diplomats said on Monday. A deal on the resolution was struck on Friday, the diplomats said.