Amid the great power competition, do either the U.S. or Chinese strategies advance Africa’s own vision for developing the ...

As the West tightens economic sanctions on Moscow, a new financial system has emerged with Kremlin support. Central to this ...

US President Donald Trump has signed a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), offering ...

In early February 2026, Russia rsquo;s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) publicly accused the government of French President ...

Since the collapse of the old Soviet Union, Russia has cut a substantially diminished figure on the international stage.

We are seeing the return of overt geopolitics: a style of major power politics that does not bother to hide behind international law or multilateral norms. That’s good news for China – and bad news ...

The Russian and French Embassies in Kenya ignited a rather odd clash on X after the former accused the latter of mercenary ...

The same leaders who routinely invoke 'African solutions' seek external conflict mediation and treat African-led initiatives as optional or secondary.African Union (AU) reforms to improve the body's ...

Asharq Al Awsat Russian soldiers helped to repel an attack on Niger's main airport in the capital Niamey last week which was claimed by the ISIS group, Moscow said on Monday. Niger's ruling junta ...

Lukoil agrees in principle to sell international assets to Carlyle Deal covers assets outside Russia, excluding Kazakhstan Sale non-exclusive, pending regulatory and OFAC approvals Russian oil group ...

Russia’s spy agency has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of authorizing his “special” agents to “eliminate” African ...

Touted as a tool of emancipation, blockchain was meant to give the Central African Republic a new form of economic and digital independence. In practice, weak state institutions and an immature ...