UNDOUBTEDLY, the United States’ President Donald Trump does not appear to be a man of peace. He does not even care to be seen as such. Trump is cast in the mould of someone who loves a fight and is ...

This morning, it is local militia that are blocking the movement of looters, using tactics developed spontaneously, but often under the control of veterans of the South African Bush War. I therefore ...

The National Resistance Army (NRA) Bush War of 1986 was a key conflict in Uganda's history, culminating in the overthrow of the government and the ascent of Yoweri Museveni to power. The war was ...

We bring you a special edition of Eye on Africa, two years after the outbreak of war in Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than 13 million uprooted, with reports of rape ...

Fears are growing that a rebel militia is using violence to consolidate control in the famine-stricken region of Sudan.

During his first presidential campaign nearly 10 years ago, Donald Trump promised to “load” up the infamous prison at Guantánamo Bay with “some bad dudes.” Weeks after Trump’s second inauguration, the ...

On a three-week trip to East Africa, I mainly experienced safaris ... During my three weeks, I traveled in the bush on foot, by boat, and by car. Each experience provided new perspectives, new ...

Sudan's civil war marks full two years and the fighting, atrocities and famine are only mounting. The Sudanese military succeeded last month in wresting the capital, Khartoum, from its rival, the ...

In Tanzania Tundu Lissu, the opposition leader, was arrested on April 9th. The charge sheet cites comments he made ...

In addition, the global media must dismantle harmful, stereotypical narratives that frame Sudan’s war as merely “another African conflict”. Sudan’s crisis is not just a product of domestic ...