For seven days, from 24 to 31 October, African news was shaped by two big questions. One was who keeps the peace across North Africa and the Sahel. The other was what space is left for dissent. The…
Insecurity in the Horn of Africa dominated Friday's news. Sporadic gunfire around the border town of Moyale has sent Ethiopians fleeing into…
Ethiopia's military build-up dominated the security picture across the continent today. According to The Africa Report, the arrival of Russian fighter jets…
Egypt dominated the region's news today, both as a diplomatic broker and as a state tightening its grip at home. Cairo's foreign…
Egypt has moved closer to the conflict around the Red Sea. Egypt Independent reports that parliament has voted to let the president…
Two North African powers took unusual steps toward military involvement beyond their borders on Monday, and both moves point to a region…
This edition covers a single, crowded day of news, Saturday 24 October, and one story ran through all of it. Ebola, of…
Ebola is again the most urgent story on the continent. The World Health Organization's Africa chief has warned that the region faces…
Egypt is at the centre of the region's security picture today, as debate grows over how far Cairo might go to help…
This edition covers one day, Sunday 18 October, so it is a snapshot more than a full week's review. Even so, the…
