Zimbabwe: Songs That Made Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi My Hero

It's hard to believe that my favourite Zimbabwean singer is gone. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila's Last Words As President

As the inauguration of President-elect and opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi draws near, outgoing President Joseph Kabila called for "a grand coalition of all the progressive… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Music Legend Mtukudzi Dies

Zimbabwe's legendary musician, Oliver Mtukudzi has died at Avenues Clinic in Harare. Read more »

Southern Africa: Will Dropping Zimbabwe's Sanctions Harm or Help?

The violent crackdown on nationwide protests by Zimbabwe security forces was met by deafening silence from the country's neighbours and the Southern African Development Community… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Surviving Zimbabwe

allAfrica editor's note: The author of this blog post is anonymous because of fear of reprisals. The writer visited Zimbabwe in the past 12 months. Read more »

South Africa: Prosecuting Authority Withdraws Charges Against Duduzane Zuma - For Now

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is expected to provisionally withdraw corruption charges against Duduzane Zuma, Business Day reports. Read more »

Ethiopia: More Than 13,000 People Pardoned Under Amnesty Law

Over 13,000 people have been pardoned under Ethiopia's amnesty law. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Must Act, But Don't Give Up on Zimbabwe – Former Envoy Tells U.S.

Zimbabwe, a land of unparalleled beauty and infinite potential, is again under democratic and economic siege. Armed men are removing residents from their homes. Unknown assailants… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Ramaphosa Calls for End to Zimbabwe Sanctions

President Ramaphosa, who is in Geneva, Switzerland for the release of a report by the International Labour Organisation, urged the EU to lift whatever sanctions it may still have… Read more »

South Africa: Democratic Alliance Doubles Down on Anti-ANC Election Message

According to EWN, a billboard commissioned by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that features a list of names of victims in the Life Esidimeni tragedy and the Marikana massacre has been… Read more »

Burkina Faso: President Chooses New Prime Minister

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has appointed Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré as Prime Minister. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Presidential Inauguration Ceremony Postponed

The inauguration of Felix Tshisekedi as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been postponed. Read more »

South Africa: Tributes for Dumisani Kumalo - From Anti-Apartheid Campaigner to Influential Diplomat

Dumisani Kumalo, a leading anti-apartheid organizer in the United States who later served for a decade as South African ambassador to the United Nations, died on Sunday… Read more »

Southern Africa: Africa's Revolutions Have Brought Disappointment - But Hope Remains

When I immigrated to the United States from South Africa towards the end of the 1960's I was totally unaware of the wars of liberation against Portuguese colonialism that had begun… Read more »

Zimbabwe: What Now After a 2nd Internet Shutdown, and Treason Charges for Activists?

Zimbabwe's government has again forced a "total Internet shutdown", Misa Zimbabwe says, after a violent crackdown by police when huge crowds protested against dramatic fuel price… Read more »

Botswana: 'Most Feared Man In Botswana' Arrested on Corruption Charges

Former Botswana director-general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Isaac Kgosi has been arrested at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport on his arrival… Read more »

Africa: AU's Kagame, Heads of State Step In Over DR Congo Electoral Crisis

The African Union (AU) appears determined to make a decisive, high-level intervention to resolve the political crisis generated by the contested results of the Congolese elections. Read more »

South Africa: Popular TV Host Johan Stemmet Steps Down After 28 Years

Johan Stemmet, popularly known for hosting the game show, Noot vir Noot, has called it quits after 28 years. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Patrice Lumumba

(1) January 17 marks the forty-first anniversary of the brutal assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Falls Short on Human Rights Obligations, Says HRW

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has done little since taking power to carry out reforms reflecting a commitment to respect for human rights, according to a new report from a leading… Read more »

Africa: How Multinationals Avoid Paying Their Taxes

Two pioneering studies which expose in new detail how multinational corporations avoid paying tax in a developing nation are likely to intensify pressure on the largest firms… Read more »

South Africa: Black Coffee Proves It's Never Too Late to Go Back to School

Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as DJ Black Coffee, has proven that you are never too old nor too successful to go back to school. Read more »

Africa: World Bank Outlines Ways to Reduce the Scale of Climate Disasters

A new report from the World Bank Group warns that climate change will interrupt our world as we know it. Read more »

Nigeria: Exciting News As #BigBrotherNaija is Set to Return

In case you missed it, popular reality show Big Brother Naija is set to return for a new season  - wait for it -  staged in Nigeria. Read more »

Africa: Could South Africa Become a 'Fragile State'?

State failure has become a 21st century analytical preoccupation. It is traditionally defined by the inability of key state institutions to deliver public goods to their citizens… Read more »