October 15, 2015
Malawi: Joyce Banda Defends Presidential Record
During an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on September 25, President Peter Mutharika of Malawi discussed a range of issues relating to his 15-month… Read more »
October 05, 2015
Africa: Africa's Governance Winners, Losers and Surprises
Zimbabwe is one of the African countries where governance has improved most in the four years up to 2014. Senegal just might surge ahead of its African counterparts in the future,… Read more »
August 27, 2015
South Africa: Rapper AKA and DJ Zinhle Call It Quits
Ntombezinhle Jiyane, popularly known as DJ Zinhle, has revealed that she and rapper Kiernan Forbes, AKA, are parting ways. The couple, who have been dating for 3 years,… Read more »
August 10, 2015
South Africa: Tributes Pour in for Big Nuz Member, R. Mashesha
Afrotainment boss, DJ Tira has confirmed that Big Nuz member, Sibusiso Khomo popularly known as R Mashesha has died. Read more »
August 04, 2015
Zambia: Street Harassment - Women Fight Back
Driving to work I heard a call-in radio show about a woman who had been stripped naked in the streets because her dress was seen as indecent. Read more »
July 25, 2015
Kenya: Obama's 'Homecoming' Connects Continents - and Colleagues
The day of President Barack Obama's arrival in Kenya, I was hunched in front of a computer monitor in AllAfrica's Washington, DC offices scanning our diverse sources for updates. 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 26, 2015
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 »
June 25, 2015
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 »
June 24, 2015
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 »
June 16, 2015
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 »
June 15, 2015
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 »
June 14, 2015
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 »
June 02, 2015
Southern Africa: Historic Slave Shipwreck Found Off South African Coast
Researchers have announced the discovery of the wreck of a Portuguese slave ship in which an estimated 200 Mozambicans died when the ship sank just off Cape Town more than two… Read more »
May 28, 2015
South Africa: FIFA's U.S. $10 Milllion Bribe 'to Support the African Diaspora'
Excerpts from the indictment accusing certain FIFA officials and business executives of corruption in organising international football over two decades. The full text of the… Read more »
May 27, 2015
South Africa: Bribery Allegedly Won 2010 World Cup for South Africa
The FIFA corruption scandal rocking the football world has cast a shadow over the historic decision to stage the 2010 World Cup in Africa. Read more »
May 20, 2015
Angola: Power Fights Truth in Angola
If the world’s awareness about diamonds and their tarnished journey to the west has grown, it is, in part, because of the fierce and fearless work of journalists like the… Read more »
May 04, 2015
South Africa: South Africa Needs to Move Beyond 'The Birds and Bees'
I have been a teacher all my working life, first in a rural high school and currently in a university. As a professor of rural education, my work focuses on gender and sexuality… 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
South Africa: Security Ministries Promise Crackdown On Violence, Foreign Criminals
Attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa were a symptom of "Afrophobia" in South Africa, the police minister, Nathi Nhleko, told a parliamentary briefing on Tuesday. Read more »