Africa’s cities are no longer passive recipients of political decisions; they are the crucibles of civic anger, spatial ...

Fikile Mbalula has built a close network of allies and confidants who help keep his political engine running, even as he denies speculation that he’s preparing a presidential bid. At 54, Fikile ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ...

The Trump administration has adopted a foreign policy approach of prioritizing economic and security relations with countries where interests converge. This strategy may be initially popular with some ...

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades. By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman was the Times’s East Africa bureau ...

South Africa has refused a last-minute request by the United States to accredit eight embassy staffers to attend the conclusion of the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit on Sunday where the G20 presidency ...

Amanda Gouws receives funding from the National Research Foundation through her SARChI Chair in Gender Politics. Joseph Ayodele Kupolusi receives funding from the National Research Foundation ...

Ned Rauch-Mannino is a Visiting Fellow for The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Security. Christianity is expanding on the African continent and wields great ...