Togo, a narrow strip of land on Africa’s west coast, has for years been the target of criticism over its human rights record and political governance...
North Africa
Created in 1960 from a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia collapsed into anarchy following the overthrow of the military regime of...
A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger has seen a series of coups and political instability in the decades following independence from...
Once home to several pre-colonial empires, the landlocked, arid West African country of Mali is one of the largest on the continent. For centuries, its...
Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war, but has been plagued by repression at home and tense relations with its neighbours...
