May 27, 2015
Madagascar: Malagasy Legislators Vote to Impeach President
Malagasy legislators have voted to impeach President Hery Rajaonarimampianina for "serious and repeated violations of the Constitution", reports L'Express de Madagascar, from the… Read more »
May 13, 2015
Burundi: General Declares Coup Against Nkurunziza
A column of armed troops, trailed by a crowd of jubilant protesters, was heading for downtown Bujumburu after an apparent coup attempt, a local news outlet reported from the city… Read more »
April 15, 2015
West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea Presidents Call for Post-Ebola Recovery Plan
Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Alpha Conde of Guinea and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone appeal for international support in five key areas for a common economic… 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 13, 2015
South Africa: How Pretoria Needs to Fix Its Electricity Crisis
South Africans have in recent years joined the ranks of those on the continent suffering from regular power cuts. While the government has accepted responsibility for failing to… Read more »
April 02, 2015
Nigeria: Why the Opposition Won in Nigeria and What to Expect Now
History is likely to regard Nigeria's just-concluded election as the defining one that finally put the country on an irreversible course of democratic maturation. Read more »
April 01, 2015
Nigeria: Outgoing President Jonathan's Concession Speech
Fellow Nigerians, Read more »
March 31, 2015
Africa: Let's Chart Our Own Plan, Says Kagame at Addis Finance Confab
External support should not be the determiner of Africa's development priorities, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told a gathering of finance and planning ministers and governors of… Read more »
March 25, 2015
Africa: African Leadership Transitions Tracker Assessing How Change Impacts Development
On March 28, Nigerians voters will go to the polls to participate in their nation's fifth election since the military handed over power to civilians in 1999. As Africa's largest… Read more »
March 24, 2015
Africa: Addis Hustle Bustle Precedes Top-Level Confab on Africa's Future
The sprawling headquarters for the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is bustling with activities as participants arrive for week-long discussions of Africa's development… Read more »
March 20, 2015
Namibia: Namibia's Liberation Struggle and the 2014 Elections
“What do you think will be happening with the Namibian elections next week?” we asked Henning Melber at his Indianapolis hotel bar; we were all attending the Annual… Read more »
March 18, 2015
Sierra Leone: President Koroma Fires Vice President
President Ernest Bai Koroma has sacked his vice president, Samuel Sam-Samana, after he sought asylum in the U.S. embassy in Freetown, according to a statement from the presidency. Read more »
March 16, 2015
Lesotho: PM Mosisili Steps Onto Lesotho's Merry-Go-Round
Long-serving Basotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili returns to power on Tuesday, faced with an array of challenges including holding together a coalition government, handling… Read more »
March 03, 2015
Lesotho: Power Hangs in the Balance After Lesotho Polls
Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane has dramatically boosted his share of directly-elected seats in the country's National Assembly, but he could still be ousted from power. Read more »
March 02, 2015
Lesotho: PM Thabane to Win Majority in Lesotho Polls?
With three-quarters of the results in Lesotho's parliamentary elections declared, Prime Minister Tom Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) was on its way to securing a clear… Read more »
Africa: Major Leadership Prize Awarded to Pohamba of Namibia
The outgoing president of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has been awarded Africa's premier prize for achievement in leadership, worth U.S. $5 million over ten years. Read more »
Lesotho: PM Thabane Ahead in Early Election Results
With just over half the results in Lesotho's parliamentary elections declared, Prime Minister Tom Thabane's party has a strong lead. Read more »
March 01, 2015
Lesotho: Election Results Expected Soon
Lesotho's early elections went smoothly on Saturday and it is hoped results will be declared on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »
February 25, 2015
South Africa: Full 2015 Budget Speech by Finance Minister Nene
Honourable Speaker – Read more »
February 19, 2015
Africa: Will South Africa Speak Truth to Rising Powers Also?
When South Africa transformed from an apartheid pariah state to a constitutional democracy in 1994, this "negotiated revolution" created a compelling narrative that resonated… Read more »
February 18, 2015
Gambia: How to Mark Gambia's 50th Anniversary
On February 18, 1965, when the representatives of Britain's queen mounted the dais at the MacCarthy Square (now July 22nd Square) situated in the centre of then Bathurst (now… Read more »
January 29, 2015
Africa: A Global Compact on Agriculture
On the 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), African Union declared the year 2014 to be the Year of Agriculture… Read more »
January 28, 2015
Nigeria: Elections 'Too Close to Call' in Nigeria, Says Major Survey
Nigeria's upcoming elections are likely to be the most competitive in the country's history, with the parties running neck-and-neck and the outcome "too close to call", according… Read more »
January 17, 2015
Nigeria: Saidu Samaila Sambawa Remains In The PDP
Following is a statement issued by Dr. Saidu Balarabe Samaila, a former Minister of Sports and 2014 candidate for the nomination of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014. Read more »
January 15, 2015
Nigeria: Top U.S. Figure Calls for International Action On Nigeria
President Barack Obama's former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, spells out the dangers facing Nigeria in the coming month and calls on the U.S.,… Read more »