February 18, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
February 19, 2014
South Africa: Nation Faces 'Bafana Bafana' Future, Says Think Tank
If South Africa's governance continues on its current path, the country faces a "Bafana Bafana" scenario in which it remains a "perennial underachiever, always playing in the… Read more »
January 30, 2014
Africa: Opposition Rolls the Dice in South Africa
For months now, the focus of political attention in South Africa has been on the left and on the politics of populism. Read more »
January 29, 2014
Africa: Debunking Myths Around Farming in Africa
New technologies and ideas - from mobile phone information systems to new crop varieties - are rapidly transforming agriculture across Africa. Read more »
January 27, 2014
Malawi: Former Justice Minister Arrested
Former Malawian Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara and a senior civil servant were arrested on money-laundering charges on Monday, report the country's newspapers. Read more »
Africa: Africans Struggle to See Oil, Mineral Revenues
A major new survey of African countries which depend on mining or oil revenues shows that six in 10 people have difficulty in finding out how their governments spend the proceeds… Read more »
January 20, 2014
Central African Republic: Mayor of Bangui Named Interim President
Mayor of Bangui Catherine Samba-Panza has been elected the Central African Republic's interim president by the transitional parliament, according to an Al Jazeera Television… Read more »
January 06, 2014
Africa: Africans Give Govts Failing Marks On Power, Water Supplies
Although two of every three Africans believe their governments are performing well in the fight against HIV and Aids, fewer approve of their delivery of basic health services and… Read more »
January 03, 2014
Madagascar: Former Finance Minister Wins Polls
According to the electoral commission (CENIT), ex-finance minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina has won Madagascar's run-off presidential election, Reuters says. CENIT leader Beatrice… Read more »
December 22, 2013
Madagascar: Both Presidential Candidates Claim Victory in Run-Off
AFP reports that Madagascar election results are slowly coming in, as both presidential candidates claim victory in run-off polls. Read more »
December 20, 2013
Uganda: Parliamentarians Pass Anti-Gay Bill
Uganda's parliament has adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, AFP reports. Read more »
December 17, 2013
South Africa: Not to Praise Zuma, But to Bury Him
Every single word that President Jacob Zuma has uttered in praise of Nelson Mandela in recent days is rendered hollow and meaningless by his treatment of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Read more »
December 15, 2013
South Africa: South Africa Buries Mandela - and Apartheid
Today, South Africa buries Nelson Mandela and, with him, once and for all, apartheid, too. Racial conflict is no longer the distinguishing characteristic of South African society. Read more »
December 12, 2013
South Africa: 'Boy, Did They Blow It' - Mandela's Soccer City Memorial
Never, never and never again will South Africa receive in one day anything like the number of global leaders that turned up for Nelson Mandela's memorial service at the FNB stadium… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: African Leaders Coming for Mandela Memorial
The 37 African heads of state and government, as listed by South Africa's foreign ministry, who are scheduled to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg… Read more »
Liberia: Fighting for Liberia's Future – One Issue at a Time
A Conversation with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Read more »
November 28, 2013
Zimbabwe: Former British PM Denies Zimbabwe Coup Plot Claim
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has released a statement denying that he put pressure on South Africa while he was in office to help remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe… Read more »
November 27, 2013
Zimbabwe: Court Says South Africa Must Probe Alleged Zim Torture
A top South African court has declared that the country's police and prosecutors are obliged to investigate allegations of torture and crimes against humanity committed by… Read more »
November 26, 2013
South Africa: Civil Society Warns of 'Growing Assault On Democracy'
As South Africa prepares for elections next year, a group of civil society and religious leaders in Cape Town have accused some of the country's political forces - including… Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: Governments Failing in Corruption Fight
Most Africans say their governments are failing in the fight against corruption, and many believe the situation has deteriorated in the last decade, according to the continent's… Read more »
Africa: Corruption Punishes Poor the Most, Says Report
An excerpt from the Afrobarometer report, "Governments Falter in Fight to Curb Corruption: The people give most a failing grade", published in November 2013: Read more »
October 29, 2013
Central African Republic: Amnesty Report Details Abuses in CAR, Makes Recommendations
Excerpts from the Amnesty International report, "CAR: Human rights crisis spiralling out of control": Read more »
Central African Republic: Seleka Soldiers Raped Women, Girls in Bangui - Report
An excerpt from the Amnesty International report, "CAR: Human rights crisis spiralling out of control": Read more »
Central African Republic: Soldiers 'Out of Control' in CAR, Says Amnesty
The rebel fighters who overthrew the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) earlier this year, and who now comprise the country's armed forces, are "out of control", says… Read more »
October 21, 2013
Uganda: Corruption Report Fingers Museveni
A new report on corruption in Uganda names President Yoweri Museveni as one of those responsible for what it calls widespread "bribery, nepotism, and misuse of official positions… Read more »