Africa
Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there?
Africa’s ‘coup belt’ has seen rising anti-Western sentiment.
Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?
Three experts explain how the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola may have crossed continents.
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict
Since fighting broke out in April 2023, some 150,000 people have been killed in Sudan and an estimated 13.5 million displaced.
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
President Donald Trump described a Dec. 25 airstrike on suspected insurgent camps as a ‘Christmas present’ from the US. Many in Nigeria are not viewing it as such.
Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men
After the main Namibian party started alternating candidates between men and women, female representation in the National Assembly nearly doubled.