Diplomatic Courier staff writer Stephanie Gull brings you three under–the–radar stories from across Africa: the African Union summit, French troops in Senegal, and Kenya's rose industry.

On February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU), which includes 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens, elected Mahmoud Ali ...

Lissu is a vocal critic of the Tanzanian government and head of the main opposition party, Chadema. He survived an ...

The European Union recently imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s military, its mining board, and the leader of the M23 rebel movement. These measures come amidst regional efforts led by the East African ...

The newly elected chairperson for the Africa Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (C) smiles after election results during the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, at the AU Headquarters in Addis ...

João Lourenço, defended on Thursday (March 13), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the need for the continent to hold a broad conference reserved solely for the analysis of conflicts in Africa.In his speech at ...

The fifty-seventh United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, ...

Regional analysts are calling for the swift implementation of resolutions made at the recently concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia. The summit was dominated by discussions on ...

Ulf Engel has been consulting for the African Union since 2006, mainly in early warning, conflict prevention, preventive diplomacy, and knowledge management. Youssouf is a seasoned diplomat from ...