May 30, 2012
Lesotho: PM Resigns in Wake of Election
Lesotho's Prime Minister since 1998, Pakalitha Mosisili, has resigned. Read more »
May 29, 2012
Lesotho: Opposition Parties Launch Bid to Form Govt
Lesotho's opposition parties are trying to negotiate the formation of a coalition government after the ruling Democratic Congress failed to win a clear majority of seats in… Read more »
Lesotho: Election Results Force Leaders to Moot Coalition
Lesotho's election results were on a knife-edge on Tuesday morning, with the ruling Democratic Congress (DC) under pressure to form a coalition to retain power. Read more »
Africa: Presidents Commit to Nurturing Africa's 'Natural Capital'
Until Africa's forests are valued for the oxygen they produce for the world's ecosystems, they will be worth more when they are dead than alive, said Liberian president Ellen… Read more »
May 27, 2012
Lesotho: Foreign Election Observers Call for Peace
A joint press release from foreign election observers has called on the Basotho people to accept the outcome of Saturday's elections, and to await the final results in "spirit of… Read more »
May 28, 2012
Lesotho: Opposition Party in Surprise Election Surge
An opposition party led by a veteran Basotho politician who once served in the Cabinet of long-time Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili has made an unexpectedly strong showing in the… Read more »
Lesotho: Final Election Results Expected By Tuesday
The final results for Lesotho's general election are expected to be released on Tuesday, 29 May, AFP reports. Read more »
May 26, 2012
Lesotho: Polls Close Amid Predictions of Coalition Govt
Polling stations in Lesotho's hotly-contested election have closed, with experts suggesting it will lead to a hung Parliament in which no party enjoys a majority. In that event,… Read more »
May 25, 2012
Lesotho: Contest for Lesotho Presidency a Three-Horse Race
Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's 14-year rule of the country will be hotly contested when the population goes to the polls tomorrow. Mosisili faces a great deal of discontent as… Read more »
May 24, 2012
Africa: Political Leaders 'Learn Little' From North African Uprisings
Spurred by popular uprisings in North Africa, pressure to respect the human rights of all Africans is growing across the continent, but political leaders are standing in the way,… Read more »
May 23, 2012
Nigeria: Call for Review of South Africa-Nigeria Visa Regime
What does it symbolise that American and British visitors to South Africa do not need a visa, but Nigerians and many other Africans do? Read more »
May 21, 2012
Lesotho: Early Voting Peaceful Despite Recent Violence
Lesotho has seen political violence flare ahead of May 26 elections, with the opposition claiming that dirty tricks have undercut their turnouts. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Founder Member of Ruling Party Denies Mugabe 'Tired' Comments
Enos Nkala, one of Zanu-PF's founding fathers and a former minister, has distanced himself from media reports that President Robert Mugabe told him he was "wanted to retire",… Read more »
May 07, 2012
Africa: Trade Talks Threaten Access to Aids Drugs
Humanitarian aid has come a long way in the last 40 years, says the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Unni Karunakara, but he warns that… Read more »
April 27, 2012
Malawi: President Banda Announces Her New Cabinet
Malawian President Joyce Banda has announced her new 23-member cabinet, which includes members from various political parties. Read more »
April 24, 2012
Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply
As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with… Read more »
April 23, 2012
Zimbabwe: Petition Requests UN to Supervise Polls
More than 200 singing and drum-beating demonstrators took to the streets of London in the hopes that their protest will push the United Nations (UN) to supervise the next general… Read more »
April 07, 2012
Malawi: Banda Asserts Control, Summons Cabinet
Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda made a bid to take control of the country on Saturday, announcing the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and calling a Cabinet meeting. Read more »
Malawi: Ministers in Bid to Block V-P From Taking Power
The struggle for power in Malawi came out into the open on Friday night when a group of Cabinet ministers appeared at a news conference to declare that Vice-President Joyce Banda… Read more »
April 06, 2012
Malawi: How Vice-President Joyce Banda Fell Out With President Mutharika
Malawi's Vice-President Joyce Banda gave her view of the deterioration of her relationship with President Bingu wa Mutharika in an interview with AllAfrica last September. She told… Read more »
Malawi: Chief Justice, U.S. Tell Govt to Transfer Power to V-P
Malawi's chief justice has told the country's government that it must obey the constitution and transfer power to Vice-President Joyce Banda, reports the Nyasa Times. Read more »
Malawi: Govt Faces Crisis After Mutharika Dies
Malawi faced a political crisis on Friday after President Bingu wa Mutharika suffered a heart attack in Lilongwe on Thursday, and was reported on Friday to have died. Read more »
April 05, 2012
Malawi: President Mutharika Collapses After Heart Attack
An unconscious President Bingu wa Mutharika was scheduled to be flown to a hospital in South Africa on Thursday night after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day, Malawi… Read more »
March 30, 2012
Africa: International Radio Astronomy Project to Benefit Africa
Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa's Minister for Science and… Read more »
March 29, 2012
South Africa: Govt Confident of Hosting Massive Telescope
Africa is ready to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), according to South African Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor. Read more »