– SPECIAL REPORT – Three years after the guns first sounded in Khartoum on the morning of 15 April 2023, the Sudanese people remain trapped in what the United Nations has declared the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. On its anniversary on 15 April 2026, the German capital is playing host to the third International Ministerial Conference on Sudan — an …

Germany is sending an important diplomatic signal on its future engagement with Africa as Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to receive Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, at the Federal Chancellery on 14 April. The planned meeting, which precedes a major international conference on Sudan in Berlin the following day, is being closely watched by business …

A sense of anticipation is building across Africa as Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first major international journey since becoming pontiff last year — a multi-country visit that is already being seen as both symbolic and strategic. The visit, scheduled from 13 to 23 April, will take the pontiff to four countries — Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and …