Widespread outrage and condemnation have erupted after a video purportedly made in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher and widely shared on social media, shows what seems to be a member of the Rapid ...

Analysis - Droughts are a familiar hardship in Ghana's semi-arid north, where rainfall is erratic and agriculture is the mainstay of rural economies. The economic and environmental effects of drought ...

On 18 August, Murithi Mutiga, Crisis Group's Program Director for Africa, spoke to the UN Security Council on the need for global and regional partners to take urgent action in addressing the perilous ...

Analysis - Western Sahara is a disputed territory in north-west Africa. It lies south of Morocco, north-east of Mauritania, and west of Algeria. It was formerly known as Spanish Sahara, until Spain's ...

Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan on Monday.

Africa's leadership at the Summit was not a symbolic gesture. It was a political statement: that the region hardest hit by the current food crisis is also prepared to lead efforts to fix the system.

The problem with the Rubio memo is not what it says about American attitude towards Africa, it is what it says about the country's conception of itself and its historical mission as the world's ...

Security Council members discussed solutions to the climate crisis in South Sudan, advocating for more humanitarian aid and influence from international bodies to foster democracy and minimize ...

Sarah Namukisa nearly missed her final year exams earlier this year. She was subjected to a mandatory pregnancy test--the 25-year-old student at the Medical Laboratory Training School in Jinja was ...

Researchers note that deepwater sharks are more vulnerable to overexploitation than most other marine vertebrates. Half the species targeted for the international liver-oil trade are threatened with ...

Darfur and eastern Chad are witnessing an alarming rise in cholera cases, with a sharp rise in the number of deaths and infections, especially within camps for internally displaced people and refugees ...