A new study has found that the Trump administration's decision last year to dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a leading global aid donor — was followed by a significant ...

Africa's urgent need to expand its energy infrastructure while transitioning to renewable sources is creating a complex and potentially volatile situation. Competition for resources and influence from ...

By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, May 13 - South Africa faces a double blow from domestic political uncertainty and external headwinds, S&P Global Ratings said, adding that it is monitoring whether the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders are meeting in Ethiopia Thursday at a summit to discuss outbreaks of violence in South Sudan and Central African Republic, as well as food security across ...

The world now understands a simple truth: humanity cannot afford a new Cold War. The recent meeting between Chinese and US leaders in Beijing has laid the groundwork for a stable, responsibly managed ...

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday. It’s also threatening the U.S.’s ability to maintain military ...

A new study identified more than 1,000 conflicts in Africa over an 11-year period and found that nearly 75% were disputes over access to spaces and resources. The study calls for more participatory ...

World leaders are scrambling to avert a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. There is another war, on a scale perhaps unimaginable to many, they should rush to prevent as well. It’s a repeat, ...

South Sudanese displaced by conflict in Sudan are seen at the reception center in Renk County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, on April 30, 2023. [Xinhua] The ongoing fighting in Gaza has taken the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Conflict is likely among partners in South Africa's new coalition government but that won't be “catastrophic” for its hopes of turning around the country, the leader of the ...

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GENEVA, Sept 25 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency called on African countries to look into improving asylum for refugees on their territories, saying the many unresolved conflicts in Africa greatly ...