Why Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki, the tactical authoritarian, might be president for life

The glow of the historic accord between Ethiopia and Eritrea has faded

Emperor Haile Selassie’s AU statue joins a growing list of Africa’s troubled memorials

Why al-Shabaab targets Kenya and how to stop the attacks

Foreign backing is keeping Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir in power amid citizen uprising

After decades of UN and self-imposed isolation, Eritrea is coming in from the cold

The hard but valuable lesson black South Africans learned in the First World War

The Chinese and Soviets had a bigger role in supporting apartheid than we previously knew

The backstory of how Ethiopia and Eritrea found peace after 20 years

How Fidel Castro became a hero and a villain in the Horn of Africa