Angola: Dos Santos Names Daughter as State Oil Firm President

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has appointed  the Board of Directors of Sonangol, reports the country's National State Radio (RNA) . Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Faces Return Bout in Battle Over Corruption Charges

Seven years after taking office, President Jacob Zuma again faces a court battle over corruption charges first investigated while Thabo Mbeki was president. Read more »

South Africa: Govt Loses Appeal Against Parole for Hani's Killer

An application by the government to appeal a ruling that Polish immigrant Janusz Walus be released on parole has been denied by the Pretoria High Court, News24 reports. Read more »

South Africa: Mandela's Co-Accused Asks Zuma to Resign

One of the few remaining African National Congress activists who went on trial and was jailed with Nelson Mandela has called on President Jacob Zuma to step down. This is the full… Read more »

South Africa: Landmark Court Ruling Against Zuma and Parliament - Full Text

In a landmark judgment delivered in Johannesburg Thursday, a unanimous bench of South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that both President Jacob Zuma and Parliament had acted… Read more »

South Africa: FIFA Says South Africa Paid Bribes to Host World Cup

The world soccer governing body, FIFA, is now describing a U.S. $10 million payment by South Africa to members of its executive committee as a bribe to secure the 2010 World Cup. Read more »

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 »

South Africa: Open Letter from Former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to Lindiwe Zulu

Dear Minister Lindiwe Zulu, Read more »

South Africa: Why Appeal Judges Found Oscar Guilty

Excerpts from the judgement of South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal, finding athlete Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder. Justice Eric Leach wrote on behalf of a unanimous court… Read more »

Africa: How Africa Can Fix the International Criminal Court

The demand of South Africa's ruling African National Congress that the government should pull out of the International Criminal Court is defeatist, naïve and reactionary, says… Read more »

Africa: Swiss Swoop on FIFA's Blatter

Swiss authorities raided the office of FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Friday, interrogated him and then announced they had launched criminal proceedings against him. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Danger Looms in DRC As Kabila Maneuvers to Remain in Power

It is becoming increasingly difficult for authoritarian African heads of state to change constitutions that limit them to two terms in power. Read more »

Africa: Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu: "There is nothing like African justice, justice is justice!"

Sometimes, what one person can do is not just enough, for two can do more. Read more »

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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'New Dawn' in Land of Rape and Child Soldiers

Since Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi became the Advisor on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment to DRC President Joseph Kabila last year, she has become a high-profile advocate for… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'New Dawn' in Land of Rape and Child Soldiers

Since Jeanine Mabunda Lioko Mudiayi became the Advisor on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment to DRC President Joseph Kabila last year, she has become a high-profile advocate for… Read more »

South Africa: Commission Makes 'Devastating' Findings Against Police

The commission which delved into the killings of striking miners on South Africa's platinum mining belt in 2012 has made a range of strongly critical findings against the police,… Read more »

South Africa: Report Into Killings of Miners at Marikana - FULL TEXT

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma tonight released the full report of the commission he appointed to investigate the events culminating in the police killings of 34 striking… Read more »

South Africa: Bashir Court Warns of 'Chaos' If Govt Defies Law

Excerpts from the full text of the judgement of three judges of the South African High Court on the obligation of South Africa under international and domestic law to arrest Omar… Read more »

Rwanda: Britain Arrests Rwandan Intelligence Chief

British police arrested Rwanda's intelligence chief as he was about to leave the country at the weekend, London news organisations report. Read more »

South Africa: Govt to Face Contempt of Court Charges Over Bashir?

A South African legal NGO is "strongly considering" bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country on… Read more »

South Africa: Bashir Flees South Africa, Dodging Arrest

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan flew out of South Africa on Monday, hours before a court ordered his arrest on the charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity he… Read more »

South Africa: Bashir Flees South Africa - Report

President Omar al-Bashir left the African Union summit early on Monday and flew out of South Africa from Pretoria's main air force base, a leading South African military… Read more »

Sudan: South Africa Went to Hague in Failed Bid to Avert Bashir Arrest

The South African government urgently approached the International Criminal Court last Friday in a bid to avoid having to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. Read more »

Sudan: South African Court Asked to Order Bashir's Arrest On Genocide Charges

A human rights group today asked a South African court to order the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is reported to have arrived in the country for the African Union… Read more »