International

Libya's Central Bank Governor Quits Without Explanation, Reviving Fears Over a Fragile Financial Truce

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI 

The governor of Libya's central bank, Naji Issa, resigned over the weekend without publicly stating a reason, throwing fresh uncertainty over the fragile 2024 power-sharing arrangement that has kept the country's oil revenue flowing and its currency stable for nearly two…

Cameroon's Vacant Vice Presidency Deepens Succession Anxiety as Biya, 93, Stays Away

Yaoundé, Cameroon  

President Paul Biya of Cameroon has not set foot in his own country in more than nine weeks, and the office created six months ago specifically to answer the question of who runs…

Ethiopia Accuses Eritrea of Preparing for War as Tigray Tensions Boil Over

ADDIS ABABA/ASMARA 

Ethiopia has formally accused Eritrea of colluding with a hardline faction of the Tigray People's Liberation Front to prepare an armed offensive against the federal government, in a letter to the United Nations that marks the most direct warning yet of renewed war between…

Compensation for Compensation: US and Iran Trade Demands as the Strait of Hormuz Standoff Hardens

World Politics  

Background

For nearly six months, the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow, 33-kilometer-wide waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil and a large share of its liquefied natural gas normally passes — has been a central battleground in the war that erupted between the United…

Guinea-Bissau Heads Toward Referendum on Presidential Power as Opposition Leader Remains Sidelined

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau

In three weeks, voters in Guinea-Bissau will decide whether to hand sweeping new powers to the presidency under a constitution drafted by the military government that has run the country since a coup nine months ago. The Aug. 30 referendum is the next milestone in a transition timeline that…

Kidnapping Wave Tests Madagascar's Military-Led Government Nine Months After Coup

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar 

A surge of violent, largely unsolved kidnappings in Madagascar's capital has become the sharpest domestic test yet for the transitional government installed after last year's military takeover, exposing both the fragility of public order under Colonel Michael Randrianirina and the…