Sahel military regimes cement break from ECOWAS;
China-backed pipeline project in Niger under threat;
Ramaphosa's coalition gamble;
Violence deepens crisis in Burkina Faso;
Washington seeks new allies amid African counterterrorism setbacks

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;