Central Africa: Roll Over Prigozhin - Here Comes Paul Kagame

Wagner's African adventurism was neatly summed up when Russian TV, set loose to insult Yevgeny Prigozhin in the wake of the failed putsch, labelled him the 'wannabe Robin Hood west… Read more »

Rwanda: UK Court's Go-Ahead On Rwanda Asylum Plan a Major Setback for Human Rights

Mia Swart is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Edge Hill University and Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more »

East Africa: Success of East African Community Peace Process Hinges On Regional Coordination On Eastern DRC Conflict

The bloc's first-ever troop deployment to a member country will test its capacity to resolve complex conflicts. Read more »

Angola: MPLA Set for Victory in Close Poll That Many Believe Will Not Be Free and Fair

On the eve of Angola's election, analysts say that if the vote were free and fair, the ruling MPLA would almost certainly lose to the combined opposition -- but that's not going to… Read more »

Southern Africa: SADC and Rwandan Troops Disperse Mozambique Insurgents - but Displace More Civilians

The US has stepped up humanitarian aid to a growing number of internally displaced persons in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province amid successful efforts to disperse… Read more »

Burundi/South Africa: Debutant Burundi Beckons but Banyana Banyana Are Ready

Desiree Ellis' squad are looking to build on a statement-making victory over reigning African champions Nigeria in their opening group game of the Africa Women's Cup of Nations. Read more »

Rwanda: Ramaphosa to Skip Commonwealth Summit in Kigali

South Africa's President will not be able to attend this week's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. But his office insists it's no snub to Rwandan President Paul… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: President's Dodgy Mining Deal With Mining Magnate Likely to Be a Costly Miscalculation

Questions mount over president Félix Tshisekedi withholding details of the deal to recover assets from the controversial mining magnate. Read more »

Angola: Angola's Ruling MPLA Begins International Voter Registration Drive but Analysts Believe Move Will Be Party's Undoing

For the first time, Angolans living abroad will be able to vote in what is likely to be a close election. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Ghosts of History and the Policing of Remembrance

January 17 marked the 55th anniversary of the US- and Belgian-orchestrated assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of the Democratic… Read more »