Roughly 21 000 children have been recruited as soldiers by government forces and armed groups across Africa in the past five ...

Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from the threat of extinction.

The youth, peace and security agenda doesn’t place enough emphasis on under-development as a root cause of insecurity. Africa’s slow development, which disproportionately affects young people, is a ...

Illegal logging in Africa costs the continent up to US$17 billion annually. A high global demand for African hardwood fuels this environmental crime. By value and by volume, rosewood is the most ...

Sudan’s civil war continues to rage, with no sign that either the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) or Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are close to a military victory or open to a ceasefire. According to the UN ...

2024 was a bleak year for Africa. Libya and Sudan were partitioned. Ethiopia struggled to contain insurgencies in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia, and conflict continued in South Sudan and Somalia. Coups ...

Protecting Africa’s wildlife is essential. But protecting indigenous populations and local communities is equally important. The traditional use of wildlife by Indigenous peoples is often ignored and ...

The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) decided in December 2024 to replace the current AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with a smaller force – the AU Support and Stabilization Mission ...

For Russia, as for Iran, last month’s fall of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty in Syria was a major geo-strategic setback. Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s sudden defeat threatened Russia’s ...

What role for the AU ahead of Tunisia’s elections? Amid concerns about democratic backsliding, the 17 December polls are an important test for the country and the African Union.