Seven desks, from the Maghreb to the Cape. Each files on who holds the power in that region, and what happens next.
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania — the Mediterranean shore, the Sahara edge, and the politics that tie the Maghreb to Europe and the Sahel.
Egypt train collision in Giza kills seven and injures more than 100Coastal West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and the ports, oil, and politics of the gulf.
Gambia election: Bensouda files amid an unresolved eligibility challengeMali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and the armed groups, juntas, gold, and borders along the Sahelian corridor.
Niger blames Chad—and France—for an Agadez drone strike Chad deniesEthiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, and the Red Sea — ports, basing, shipping, and the politics of the Horn.
Somalia’s court says the president’s mandate has expired. The guns still answer to himThe Congo Basin and the states around it: the DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, the Central African Republic, and the politics of minerals, rivers, and borders.
Congo’s referendum law blocks amendment during the war but leaves room for a new constitutionKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi — elections, corridors, and the politics of the Great Lakes.
Shanta Gold’s Ramula mine now turns on every landowner’s signature, not the ministry’s licenceSouth Africa and the region around it: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana.
Botswana doubles down on De Beers—without the control Boko once promised