Africa

Unlike in the previous war, Ethiopia's government faces a coalition of armed groups that could receive backing from rivals in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf.

A catalog of articles analyzing the diplomatic, political, legal, security, and humanitarian consequences of the international climate crisis.

Member states must ensure that UN peacekeeping forces are prepared and equipped to deploy, mediate, protect civilians, and respond to global crises.

The United States is deporting third-country nationals to Equatorial Guinea despite its documented pattern of human rights abuses.

Lagging turnout of young voters in southern Africa should be understood not as apathy, but as a refusal to endorse existing political choices.

The Financial Action Task Force's designations of countries to thwart terrorism financing more often result in governments suppressing civil society than in real reform.

Renewed clashes in Tigray and tensions between Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa nations threaten a regional security crisis.

Liberia must harmonize its war crimes bills into strong legislation and secure real resources, or the long-promised court risks stalling again.

Washington cannot afford to neglect the lessons of past Sahelian counterinsurgency efforts as it contemplates what form a partnership with Mali’s military should take.

The NBA’s partnership with the United Arab Emirates is laundering the reputation of a regime that supports a militia responsible for ​committing genocide in Sudan.

Zambia’s cancellation of RightsCon is an indication not only of China’s influence, but also the country's own democratic erosion under a government that promised otherwise.

The economic fallout across Africa from the Iran war will have major impact on the well-being of African citizens and the prospects for democracy on the continent.