The apparent success of the military coup in Niger bodes ill for democracy and stability in the Sahel and the rest of the continent.

When conventional tools of resistance have failed or been compromised, humor has been a weapon of last resort for the African subaltern.  

As a journalist, book author, and sometime adviser with frequent visits to Afghanistan between 2002 and 2015, I offer this distillation of lessons that we might learn from the United States’ longest …

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. Under their harsh rule, they have cracked down on women’s rights and neglected basic services.