Niger’s military government has accused Nigeria of enabling actions that threaten its stability, prompting a summons of the Nigerian...

By Adil Rasheed Ahmad Al Sharaa, the new leader of Syria and chief of the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS),1 was earlier known as Abu...

By Mike Eckel (RFE/RL) -- Behind closed doors in Moscow, Kyiv, Brussels, Washington, and other capitals, diplomats, elected leaders, and military...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had military coups in recent years and plan to leave the West African region bloc. At talks in Abuja, they were given...

By László Csicsmann and Scott N. Romaniuk The Arab Spring has significantly altered the power landscape of the Middle East, and the...

BBC Africa speaks exclusively to a man from Ghana who was held captive by insurgents in Burkina Faso.

European leaders are discussing the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire or peace agreement, with estimates...

As the rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Syria Liberation Committee) seized Damascus, Syria’s capital, on December 7, 2024, the president...

By Stephen J. Blank (FPRI) -- Virtually all of the commentary on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has focused on those two states to the...

Myanmar's military coup has fractured its education system, with opposition forces and ethnic groups building schools that have diverging...