Yet Ethiopia’s crisis is also intertwined with the civil war in Sudan and the rivalries between the external powers that have ...

Six months ago, Anne Ndarua’s only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he’s alive.

As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia prepares to host African leaders at a summit, a collapsed grain deal and the uncertain fate of Wagner mercenaries have cast a shadow. By Declan Walsh and Paul ...

Coup leaders in Niger have closed the country's airspace and have brought in reinforcements after the West African group of countries, Ecowas, warned it could use force if President Mohamed Bazoum was ...

Attara, Dakka Sebbe, Nienanpela, Dioura, and Ouro Fer — these five Malian towns saw elders murdered, civilians tortured, and property looted by the Wagner Group in January and February of 2024. And ...

Civilians in Sudan, South Suda,n and Ethiopia are bearing the brunt of abusive armed conflicts in which the warring parties ...

While Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland marks the official start of World War II, one of the major on-ramps to war was the Italian invasion of Ethiopia four years earlier. "This introduced fascism's ...

When Wagner mercenary force founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a fiery plane crash in August, exactly two months after leading a rebellion that challenged President Vladimir Putin’s 24-year grip ...

US President Donald Trump has taken a sledgehammer to international trade, supporting his tariffs with economic arguments as dubious as they are theatrical. “For decades, our country has been looted, ...

Despite Allied occupation, the situation of the Jews in North Africa hardly improves, in newly German-occupied Tunisia it ...

With the continental body at its weakest point since its inception, this week’s summit in Ethiopia cannot be another talk shop. A united front is crucial to resolve intensifying conflicts tearing ...