Middle East / Africa

With next year looking set to be the hottest on record, world leaders continue to drag their feet on climate change

The finance minister has promised an incoming USD10bn to ease foreign currency woes

Russia’s naval superiority in the region is in doubt as its fleet is being eliminated by Ukrainian missiles and drones

The president has appointed a controversial former regional commissioner as the ruling party's new publicity secretary

Parliamentary elections are set to change little, as the economy also stagnates

Malian forces have captured the northern town of Kidal, the seat of northern armed groups

The country’s dire economic conditions are compounded by conflicts and instability in its immediate neighbourhood

Tensions between clan politics and universal suffrage underpin an electoral crisis in Puntland