Muammar Gaddafi

Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed by decline

When it opened its doors in 1960, the Ducor was one of a few five-star hotels in Africa, boasting a night club and air-conditioned rooms, according to travel guides

Rebels killed Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte on 20 October 2011, months into the Nato-backed rebellion that ended his four-decade rule

Alpha Condé is not the first president to have his humiliation captured on camera.

A decade after the photojournalist’s death his family wants his remains found and to know the circumstances in which he died

The UN is currently going through a serious liquidity crisis because many countries have not paid their annual dues, and it is therefore unable to fulfil all its mandates

Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west

Self-diagnosis and symptoms are recipe for paranoia — just see the doc, take the meds and Bob’s your uncle

The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries

People power can break a dictatorship – but what comes next?

Clashes near Tripoli in Sunday have killed at least 32 people, with a further 50 people left wounded

Libya’s proposed elections and any subsequent interim government will fail if the country’s challenges aren’t addressed

The former president is being questioned in connection to former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and the source of his funding for his 2007 campaign

Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability

The trial of the Chad dictator in Senegal shows that war and other similar crimes need not be heard in The Hague.