Conflict & Security

Benin’s main opposition parties are in crisis just days before the country’s presidential election scheduled for April 12, with their candidates sidelined and no clear replacement strategy emerging — raising serious questions about the fairness and legitimacy of the vote in one of West Africa’s most closely watched democracies. The political turmoil comes as President […]

Human Rights Watch has documented the killing of at least 1,837 civilians in Burkina Faso between January 2023 and August 2025 — attributing the deaths to government forces, civilian militias, and jihadist groups alike — in a damning report released Thursday that calls for an International Criminal Court investigation into war crimes and crimes against

President Paul Kagame has launched a scathing attack on United States sanctions targeting Rwanda’s army, calling them “insults thrown in the face” of his country and accusing Washington of applying uneven pressure on Rwanda while treating the Democratic Republic of Congo with kid gloves. In a wide-ranging interview with Jeune Afrique published Friday — conducted