From left; Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire Patrick Achi, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe, President of Benin Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Allegations of flouting international arms control rules, let alone being party to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, place the South African defence industry in a precarious position globally.
Trostyanets, site of fierce battle and Russian occupation in Ukrainein March 2022.
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If the African delegation could convince the belligerents to find a peaceful solution, they will make a critical contribution to the climate for mediation.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie (C) and Ghana’s founder and first President Kwame Nkrumah (L) during the formation of the Organisation of African Unity.
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The African Union compares well to other continental unions. It accomplishes more than the Commonwealth or the Francophonie.
Workers next to the Independence Monument, depicting a hand holding a map of the country, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, in September 2021.
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Whichever way the ongoing armed conflict ends, the loser will be Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi.
Chris Hani (R) after being elected secretary general of the South African Communist Party in December 1991. To his left is the former secretary general Jo Slovo.
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Fear has important consequences for how people vote, what they spend their money on, who they consider to be part of their communities, and who they treat as outsiders.
The Burundian flag flies at the head of a convoy of buses moving refugees back home from Tanzania in 2019.
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Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
China’s President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin cement bonds at the Kremlin in March.
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The US’s negative attitude towards BRICS reflects its own weakening global power, especially its inability to isolate Russia in Europe and to contain China’s growing influence.
Dividing land borders in Ghana is a contentious issue.
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It’s a near certainty that Kagame will be here for some time to come; but as Rwanda looks to the future, it may need or indeed demand a change of guard.
Counting of votes during the 2023 presidential elections at a polling station in Lagos.
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Libya’s lost but found yellowcake poses no significant security risk but highlights the need for African countries to get their acts together in the area of nuclear safety and security governance.
The opening of a hydro-electric dam on the Nile River at Merowe, north of Khartoum, in 2009.
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The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes President of Chad’s Transitional Military Council Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, in Paris, in 2021.
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Expulsion of the German ambassador could be a way of warning other embassies, especially France, to steer clear of Chadian politics and support for the opposition.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressing a rally in Bulawayo recently.
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