A recent summit and deals dubbed 'resources for security' puts America back in Africa, but on a different, purely economic mission. It is a far cry from the preaching and aid deliveries of yesteryear.

Could the installation of small modular reactors on floating barges or platforms to provide clean electricity and heat for remote regions be an answer to Africa's electricity problems?

Advances by Kigali-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo could lead to another major continental conflict

The award-winning French novelist tells Al Majalla about the inspiration behind his book, 'At Night All Blood Is Black,' and the challenges of merging fact with fiction

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation brought together over 50 heads of state, including Xi Jinping. Its success shows that there is an alternative to the West's development values

Once a colonialist's playground, the world's second largest continent has a newfound confidence in its worth. This could well be Africa's century. Who it chooses to partner will be important.

Ten years ago, al-Baghdadi declared an Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. But after being largely defeated in the Middle East, the terrorist group has found new places to regroup around the world.

The continent's human capital is its greatest resource

A curator's battle to commemorate Germany's forgotten genocide in Namibia

The West African state has a big new gas field about to go live and a handy Atlantic location for exports. Add a well-stocked mineral larder, and you have an attractive mix.