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A Zimbabwean farmers’ union leader has warned white South African farmers they should agree on a deal to share land…
ANGOLA’S parliament has passed a law that will drastically limit the powers of the country’s future presidents in matters of…
MORE than 60 ANC members in parliament (MPs) will back a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma if the ballot…
SOUTH African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised the corruption that has damaged the ruling party under President Jacob Zuma,…
NEARLY a year after coming to power in a contested election, Zambian President Edgar Lungu is facing a growing chorus…
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe has moved to rein in his wife’s ambition to succeed him, after the country’s intelligence chief…
ONE is a female former teenage guerrilla fighter who became President Robert Mugabe’s closest ally, the other is a battle-hardened,…
ANGOLA’S opposition has called for official clarification on the health of veteran President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been…
TANZANIA’S anti-graft watchdog says it has frozen the assets of its chief accountant and plans to charge him with corruption,…
DEMOBILISED rebel fighters blocked a main road into Cote d’Ivoire’s second city on May 8, demanding the payment of bonuses…
WOMEN are likely to be elected for the first time to some of Kenya’s powerful governor positions after making historic…
TWENTRY-THREE years after the genocide against the Tutsi that led to the deaths of one million people in three months,…
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), an ally of South Africa’s ruling ANC, has called on President Jacob…
AFRICAN countries that have been critical of the International Criminal Court (ICC) because they claim it is biased against the…
IN her recent statement on Libya to the UN Security Council, the Prosecutor of the International Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda,…
Experts the world over are questioning the future of political parties. Are political parties still relevant? Are individuals like Donald…
THE foundation set up to guard the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela has blamed South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma…
A Zimbabwean cabinet minister has accused Robert Mugabe’s deputy of using state institutions to try to arrest him and further…
AMNESTY International’s claims last month that the Sudanese government has used banned chemical weapons in Darfur’s Jebel Marra since January…
SOUTH Africa’s announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty represents an enormous blow to its commitment to justice…