Herlee media When a neighbour’s poll spills over: Tanzania - Kenya at the border When Tanzania went to the polls last week, few imagined that the outcome would echo beyond its borders. But as protests flared across major cities after a disputed election, the unrest quickly became ... Nov 4, 2025
Herlee media From Darfur to diplomacy: How Sudan’s war crime allegations are testing Gulf–Africa relations When the city of El-Fasher in North Darfur fell to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in late October, the world’s attention turned once again to a conflict many had stopped following. Th... Nov 3, 2025
Herlee media Under Curfew: Dar es Salaam’s Election Day Unrest and What It Means for Diplomacy On 29 October 2025, what was meant to be a national celebration of democracy in Tanzania erupted into public unrest in Dar es Salaam and other major cities. Young protesters took to the streets after ... Oct 30, 2025
Herlee media From Pretoria to Abuja: How South Africa and Nigeria are reinventing defence diplomacy In a bold diplomatic move, South Africa and Nigeria, Africa’s two largest economies, are joining forces to strengthen their military cooperation. The partnership focuses on air-power development, logi... Oct 29, 2025
Herlee media Sudan’s fragile diplomacy: Power struggles at the heart of khartoum When a country at war tries to find its diplomatic footing, the process is rarely smooth and Sudan is proving just that. According to a recent Africa Intelligence report, deep cracks have emerge... Oct 28, 2025
Herlee media From Tehran to Doha: Africa’s new peace diplomacy arenas Peace diplomacy in Africa is evolving and the latest chapter is being written far from the continent itself. This week, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group reached a breakth... Oct 18, 2025
Herlee media Madagascar coup: Colonel Randrianirina takes charge as AU suspends nation In a dramatic twist in Madagascar’s political story, Colonel Michael Randrianirina has declared himself interim president, just days after a military takeover ousted civilian leader Andry Rajoelina. T... Oct 17, 2025
Herlee media Peace in the Great Lakes: From promise to proof? A glimmer of hope has emerged for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the government and the M23 rebel group signed a landmark ceasefire-monitoring deal in Doha on 14 October 2025. The agreement... Oct 15, 2025
Herlee media Eswatini faces growing backlash over U.S. deportation deal Eswatini has found itself at the centre of a heated diplomatic and human rights debate after confirming the arrival of ten more individuals under a controversial deportation agreement with the United ... Oct 14, 2025
Herlee media Madagascar on edge: Military joins protests, coup fears rise Madagascar is on the brink of political chaos. What began as street protests led mostly by frustrated youth over power outages and rising living costs has now taken a dangerous turn parts of the army ... Oct 14, 2025 Peace and Security
Herlee media When diplomacy becomes recruitment: The Russian envoy arrest in Nairobi Nairobi has suddenly found itself in the middle of global geopolitics after Kenyan authorities arrested a Russian diplomat accused of turning diplomacy into a recruitment front for war. According to ... Sep 30, 2025 Peace and Security
Herlee media Africa’s diplomacy on Gaza under the UN Spotlight As world leaders gather in New York for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Gaza war remains one of the most divisive issues on the global stage. For African states, th... Sep 25, 2025 Peace and Security