Known as The African World War, the Second Congo War (1998–2003) became the deadliest conflict since World War II. In this video, we unpack the complex web of causes, including ethnic tensions, ...

“It’s no longer debatable,” scholars Hal Brands and John Lewis Gaddis wrote in Foreign Affairs in October 2021, “that the United States and China . . . are entering their own new cold war.” The ...

While Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland marks the official start of World War II, one of the major on-ramps to war was the Italian invasion of Ethiopia four years earlier. "This introduced fascism's ...

Morocco hosts the largest multinational joint exercise led by AFRICOM. With its newly acquired Apache helicopters, open participation by Israel and Algeria’s quiet withdrawal, this year’s event is ...

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President Donald Trump stands uniquely positioned as head of state for the most powerful country on Earth to act as a peacemaker, and his latest announcement via social media platform Truth Social ...

US President Donald Trump has taken a sledgehammer to international trade, supporting his tariffs with economic arguments as dubious as they are theatrical. “For decades, our country has been looted, ...

When Wagner mercenary force founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a fiery plane crash in August, exactly two months after leading a rebellion that challenged President Vladimir Putin’s 24-year grip ...

Over the past three years Ukraine has ceaselessly lobbied around the world for support in its fight against Russia. In few places have these efforts been less successful than in Africa. The Ukrainian ...

Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing agreements in Jerusalem in 2016. AMIR COHEN/AFP via Getty Images The reactions of some east African ...