I find my mind wandering to the concept of betrayal in African politics. These wanderings I am sure are influenced by recent events across the continent which have made this theme even more resonant, ...

As attacks on immigrant communities continue to ramp up under the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, Nnamdi ...

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MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Spiritual warfare among politicians is part of a wider struggle over faith in Uganda, where Christianity is the dominant religion. MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his ...

Several of Africa's oldest leaders, including those from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Togo, are seeking to extend their lengthy ...

His desperate act ignited the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling once-untouchable strongmen and redrawing the region’s political map. At the ...

In The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics, Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), explores ...

The idea that white South Africans face an existential threat emerged in the violent final decade of apartheid rule. It was a ...

Africans rightly desire leadership change in vain hope of a socioeconomic turnaround. Instead of the promised prosperity, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new organization known as the African Political Action Committee of Staten Island has launched in the hopes of ensuring that the voices of African and African American ...

An approachable guide to the political, social, and demographic changes happening in Africa and why they matter for the rest of the world. Africa is undergoing an astounding transformation that will ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn't want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...