South Africa has decided to "temporarily withdraw" from the G20, after a request by the United States. Washington takes on ...

Governments often justify “quiet diplomacy” by arguing that public condemnation closes channels, endangers diplomats, or reduces leverage for humanitarian outcomes.

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has noted with disappointment a press statement alleging that the South African Government has pulled the plug on Qatar Airlines ...

Competition for influence on the African continent is an undeniable geopolitical reality. The Donald Trump administration’s ...

Spanning governance, security, economics, science and artificial intelligence, The Africa Report profiles 10 academics ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is facing headwinds it hasn’t experienced in more than 30 years. Since 2020, the region has been buffeted by coups, conflicts, and crises, with nine military takeovers in the past ...

OA goes beyond the listing of key developments that will shape African affairs in economic, political and societal matters that usually characterise predictions of the year ahead. IOA surpasses these ...

Images of rubber dinghies overcrowded with refugees heading for Europe and narratives about mistreatment and exploitation of migrants on unsafe migration routes have come to dominate how African ...