Prolonged dry spell has devastated livelihoods, with livestock deaths increasing due to lack of water and pasture.

But the costs of this terrible war, already weighing so heavily on Sudanese civilians, will not be contained by Sudan’s borders.

We can learn something very timely this month about world peace from Dr. Ralph Bunche, the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Fresh atrocities are feared in Sudan as health and humanitarian crisis worsens amid global neglect. Sharmila Devi reports.

The alarming state of South Sudan’s only international airport is a symbol of the country’s wider malaise. Conflict, particularly in north-eastern Jonglei state, has escalated sharply in recent months ...

I was born in the Southern USA, raised on sweet tea and front porch conversations, and I still live part-time in the South by ...

A new study from The University of Manchester has shed light on an unexpected consequence of plastic bag bans in East Africa, and why well-intentioned environmental laws may actually be making life ...

Every time Senegalese mechanic Ibrahima Mbodj hears screeching tyres, a popping firecracker or even shattering glass, he fears another jihadist attack on the Malian border post near his village.

In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as government troops and militia allies battle Rwanda-backed M23 rebels for control of mineral-rich land, civilians pay the price in a brutal war.

With no sign yet of a diplomatic off-ramp, this analysis explores the conflict dynamics that could lead to war.

A recent gold rush in the Gugulethu informal settlement has cast a spotlight on the financial strain facing many poor communities in Gauteng.