African geopolitics

In a moment of renewed diplomatic engagement, Egypt has reinforced its strategic partnership with the United States through high-level talks in Cairo focused on some of the most critical geopolitical challenges facing the Middle East and…

Mali and Burkina Faso have announced reciprocal travel bans on United States citizens, marking a sharp escalation in diplomatic tensions between Washington and a bloc of West African military-led governments. The move comes days after the…

The UK government has imposed visa restrictions on citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo, citing the Congolese government’s failure to cooperate with the return of undocumented migrants and foreign national offenders. The policy…

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have formally launched a unified regional armed force, marking a new phase in how parts of West Africa are choosing to confront insecurity, sovereignty and external pressure. The force was inaugurated at an air…

The United Nations Security Council has once again urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and to stop supporting the armed group M23, while renewing the UN peacekeeping mission’s mandate for another…

Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel‑Fattah al‑Burhan, has met Egyptian President Abdel‑Fattah el‑Sissi in Cairo as international and regional pressure grows to find a path out of Sudan’s devastating war. The meeting comes after Burhan…

The United Nations is calling on Ethiopia and Eritrea to fully recommit to the Algiers Agreement, the landmark peace accord that ended the 1998 to 2000 border war that killed between 70,000 and 80,000 people. The appeal comes as new…

The peace deal signed in Washington last week between DR Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has fractured almost instantly, after the M23 rebel group captured the major city of Uvira in South Kivu. US…