December 12, 2017
South Africa: Presidency Drafts New State of Emergency Regulations - Report
Regulations to the State of Emergency Act of 1997 have been drafted by an inter-departmental task team, according to the Rapport newspaper. Read more »
December 08, 2017
Zimbabwe: Next Up - Running Credible, Trusted Elections
As Zimbabweans begin to look ahead to next year's elections, a survey of public opinion shows that only half the country has confidence in the country's electoral commission. Read more »
November 19, 2017
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Axed From Ruling Party
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party has axed President Robert Mugabe as leader and first secretary of the party, reports NewsDay from Harare. Read more »
November 15, 2017
Zimbabwe: What Led to Situation in Zimbabwe?
Here are the most recent events leading to the tense political situation in Zimbabwe: Read more »
September 05, 2017
Zimbabwe: Transitional Govt When Mugabe Goes?
Zimbabwe's Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa envisages forming a transitional government with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai when President Robert Mugabe steps down or dies,… Read more »
Lesotho: Another Army Commander Assassinated - Report
Lesotho Defence Force commander Khoantle Motsomotso has been shot dead by his subordinates this morning, according an Al Jazeera report. Read more »
January 20, 2017
Nigeria: Journalists' Arrest Tests Powerful Army
The January 19 raid on the offices of an online investigative news organization in Nigeria's capital Abuja is part of a continuing government attempt to quash bad publicity. Read more »
October 16, 2016
Nigeria: Donors Dither As Bureaucrats Exploit Nigeria's Humanitarian Crisis
Even as we rejoice over the release of 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago, it bears remembering that north-eastern Nigeria is mired in a grave humanitarian crisis. Read more »
July 11, 2016
Lesotho: Newspaper Editor Shot By Unknown Assailants
The editor of an independent Lesotho newspaper is fighting for his life after being shot at the weekend in the latest attempt on the life of a perceived opponent of the government. Read more »
March 13, 2016
Cote d'Ivoire: Gunmen Attack Ivorian Beach Resort
Gunmen killed more than a dozen people when they opened fire on hotel beaches at a popular resort about 40 kilometres east of Abidjan on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »
March 06, 2016
Lesotho: Time for Visionary Leaders in Lesotho
Almost a month after the release of the report of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) inquiry into political instability in Lesotho, many citizens remain in the dark… Read more »
January 18, 2016
Lesotho: Maseru Heads for Fall-Out With Region Over Killing of Army Leader
Southern African leaders have called off efforts to mediate Lesotho's political crisis and are set to suspend the country's government from the regional inter-governmental… Read more »
November 20, 2015
Lesotho: Tensions as Basotho Await Report On Probe of Military
Lesotho is on tenterhooks as it awaits the report of a regional commission of inquiry into issues arising from the partisan handling of and behaviour by the country's army -… Read more »
September 24, 2015
Burkina Faso: How to Get the Transition Back On Track
When Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore introduced a bill in Parliament in October 2014 to modify the Constitution to extend his term in office, he never imagined that it… Read more »
July 27, 2015
Nigeria: Misread U.S. Law Can Help Buhari
In a well-received speech that largely focused on his desire to address impunity and corruption in his country and to create a “responsive, inclusive, transparent… Read more »
July 24, 2015
Africa: Leahy Amendment to the Foreign Assistant Act of 1961
Following is the text of the 'Leahy Law' - Section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, a permanent standing law that governs all State Department funded aid. Read more »
July 21, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: Mobile Courts Tackle Sexual Violence in DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. According to a 2011 American Journal of Public Health report, more than… Read more »
June 29, 2015
Lesotho: Former Army Chief 'Assassinated', Says Family
The killing of a former Lesotho army chief and the torture of detained soldiers has focused new attention on demands for security sector reforms to end abuses of power by the… Read more »
June 17, 2015
Nigeria: Amid High Hopes, New Opening for Buhari at Home & Abroad – Professor Gambari
Ibrahim Gambari is one of Nigeria's most experienced diplomats, having served as the country's foreign minister – the youngest – under then-military leader Muhammadu… Read more »
April 17, 2015
South Africa: Surprise At the Diplomatic Discord Between Washington and Pretoria
This article is part of a series researched and written by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Read more »
South Africa: The Hero Who Bombed a Nuclear Plant
This article is part of a series researched and written by the respected Center for Public Integrity in Washington and originally published by the Center and the Washington Post. Read more »
South Africa: The 'Nuclear' Raid That Sours U.S.-SA Ties
The second in a series of reports on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States over what to do with fuel left over from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons… Read more »
April 16, 2015
South Africa: South Africa Rebuffs U.S. Over Nuclear Explosives
This report on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States on the fuel which remains from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons programme is from the respected… Read more »
April 14, 2015
Nigeria: 'Our Job Is to Shoot, Slaughter and Kill' - Boko Haram's Reign of Terror in North-East Nigeria
The Executive Summary of the Amnesty International report released on April 14: Read more »
April 03, 2015
Nigeria: Dancing Soldiers Celebrate Election
Soldiers, doing their own line dance, celebrated Nigeria's successful democratic election, in which some 30 million people cast ballots, with a spirited moves to the music of… Read more »