After seizing control of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party, Tundu Lissu now faces the gargantuan task of taking on President Samia Suluhu Hassan and...

The European Union’s desperation to catch up with China’s mineral access is so great that it is willing to overlook evidence of mineral smuggling by M23 in eastern...

As President Yoweri Museveni lays the groundwork for a seventh term next January, a pressing question remains, will he manage to control his mercurial son and heir apparent,...

When Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and its Congolese allies, the M23 militia, captured Goma, the capital of Kivu-Nord province, over the weekend of 25-26 January, they exposed the...

If there are prospects for an upturn in 2025, it’s only because security, morale and international coherence could hardly have been worse in 2024. Ethiopia fractured the international...

The last-minute cancellation of a press conference in Nairobi on 13 January by senior officials in the Rapid Support Forces suggests that its commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo...

The Tanzanian polity is riven by speculation about how and why the era of reconciliation and openness ushered in by President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been replaced by...

After 20 months of fighting, the dynamics of Sudan’s war are changing. Clashes in many of the most populated areas are slowing down because sides are trying to...

In mid-December, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brokered a deal between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia. Under strong Turkish pressure –...

After a year of turmoil when he appeared to be in office but not in power, President William Ruto wants to focus on building a new coalition to...