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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut and Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University and Ash Rossiter, Khalifa University

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut

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

ByMartin Plaut