Moscow makes gains in West Africa;
A historic shift in South African politics;
UN Security Council extends arms embargo on South Sudan;
Washington on the back foot in West Africa;
Tax protests roil Kenya

South Africa tilts east;
Report: America needs Africa's mineral wealth;
Why Senegal matters;
Russia dips its toe into Africa's nuclear energy market

Russia increases its African footprint; 
The U.S. sanctions Zimbabwe... again; 
A new African "great game"; 
Iran's Sudan play goes sideways

Sudan's civil war causes a deepening humanitarian crisis; 
Kyiv tries an end run in Africa...; 
...As Moscow seeks to capitalize on declining U.S. popularity; 
France has left the building;

Niger Coup: Europeans look for an exit; 
...As Washington mulls pulling up stakes...
...While ECOWAS threatens consequences...
...And the African Union suspends Niamey; 
The AU leaves Somalia, creating security challenges; 
Uganda's troubling trajectory; 
A way out of Kenya's unrest