Tag: Politics and Government

A Kenyan lawmaker was gunned down on a busy Nairobi street by a motorcycle-riding assassin on Wednesday evening, in what ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed militia M23 released a joint statement late on Wednesday announcing a commitment ...

I was drawn to the outskirts of Cairo by the colossal complex in the desert — a towering site that ...

Tensions between France and Algeria, never far from the surface, have flared again as Algeria moved to expel 12 officials ...

Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema has won the presidential election in the Central African nation of Gabon, according to provisional results, ...

When Nigeria’s third most powerful politician was accused of sexual harassment on national television this year, a fierce backlash ensued ...

Battling a yearslong economic crisis and persistent accusations of corruption, Zimbabwe’s president faces the greatest threat to his power since ...

The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical ...

Since an armed rebel group backed by Rwandan troops launched a major offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo, professional ...

Its soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursing their own interests. And successive presidents are ...