This past January, Zimbabwe experienced another bout of political instability as rising fuel prices drove citizens to the streets to...

On May 29, 2018, Major Maxwell Mahama was jogging in the Ghanaian town of Denkyira-Obuasi when locals took notice of the gun he had in...

Over the past five years, state-owned Turkish Airlines has expanded to connect 40 destinations in Sub-Saharan Africa to Istanbul, with...

On December 26, 1945, France ratified the Bretton Woods agreement. With that act, the French created the “franc of the French Colonies of...

In July 2018, Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a monumental peace treaty to reopen diplomatic relations, travel, and trade between the two...

Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office this April, his approval ratings have soared, making him one of the most well-liked...

During the 2017-18 school year, Morocco implemented a new education strategy, the latest in a string of unsuccessful reform attempts...

The largest challenge for the United States to overcome in the international sphere is not the lack of influence, but rather the...

In December 2015, the German newspaper Die Zeit published a feature story titled “One man picks against Europe.” Kojo Ebeneku, the tragic...

The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the...

In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities,...

A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the...

Soon after Earth Day this year, a grim event will remind the world of the importance of sustainability: Cape Town will become the first...

In South Sudan, the causes of famine run deeper than just food shortage. Since gaining independence from its northern neighbor in 2011,...

While the debate over the existence of global warming continues to draw attention, the worst-case scenarios of climate change are already...

Libyan politics and governance have been unstable and chaotic for the past eight years. Because of the country’s significant position as...

Earth Day 2018 will take place in a time of great uncertainty. It is a day that means different things to different people. For some, the...

With the stunning overthrows of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, some are wondering whether another one of...

In Africa’s southern states, land remains a deeply emotive issue, an open wound harkening back to days of apartheid and colonialism. In...

Last August, Tarek Amer, the polished head of the Central Bank of Egypt, received the IMF’s MENA Central Banker of the Year award. And he...