Africa Archive

After expelling French troops, Mali’s junta began working with Russian mercenary forces to fight insurgencies. It’s going just as poorly.

In Burkina Faso, the junta’s lack of strategy coupled with heavy-handed tactics has worsened the security crisis and unleashed a humanitarian disaster.

As disenchantment with state institutions growing, many people in African countries are looking again to traditional leaders and monarchs.

The youth-led protests in Kenya are reminiscent of those in Nigeria four years ago. Could this be the start of an “African Spring”?

Ugandan activists took their grievances to the street yesterday, a testament to the transnational influence of youth-led protests in Kenya.

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya are all facing increasing water scarcity. They’re also facing the social discontent that comes with it.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is set to win a fourth term Monday in an election that will be far from free and fair.

Rifts like the one between Niger and Benin spell trouble for a region as interconnected as West Africa.

Mauritania’s presidential election represented both continuity and transformation within the country’s politics.