Nearly four years ago, a peace deal ended the brutal war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. Now, the violence has returned — but the battle lines ...

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 ...

As the Iran war intensifies, governments across Africa are watching the unfolding crisis with growing unease. Conflicts in the Gulf rarely remain confined to the region, and the economic shockwaves ...

A new documentary titled “Unspoken War” is set to premiere this month, offering a deep dive into the brutal conflict South Africa fought between 1966 and 1986. The film explores the war fought across ...

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THE SOLDIER squints through his binoculars. “They can see us,” he warns, pointing to a silhouette of two figures on a hill in the distance. The men in his line of sight are soldiers from Eritrea. But ...

Cape Town, South Africa – The South African foreign service has had a hectic year of navigating several tricky diplomatic endeavours. It began with South Africa doing joint naval drills with Russia ...