January 23, 2019
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 »
January 22, 2019
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 »
January 21, 2019
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 »
January 18, 2019
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 »
January 17, 2019
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 »
January 16, 2019
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 »
January 15, 2019
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 »
January 14, 2019
South Africa: Controversial Dancer Zodwa Wabantu Not Ready to Leave The Game!
If you were thinking Zodwa Wabantu was about to hang up her dancing shoes - then you're wrong. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Authoritarian Out – But What's Next in DRC?
The presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo have put hopes for real change on hold, but a weekend court challenge by the opposition instead of… Read more »
January 12, 2019
South Africa: #Rasta Strikes Again - Who Was He Even Painting?
As thousands gathered at the Moses Mabhida Stadium to hear President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver his maiden manifesto, popular artist Rasta couldn't resist delivering his own. Read more »
January 10, 2019
Algeria: Miss Algeria Khadija Benhamou Fights Back After Racist Comments
The organisers of Miss Algeria have defended 2019's winner after racist comments and the publication of "degrading and retouched photos". Read more »
Africa: Is R Kelly Planning to Flee to Africa Amid Sexual Assault Allegations?
The world is still reeling from the aftermath of a documentary, Surviving R Kelly, where his victims share harrowing details of their alleged encounters with the singer - and this… Read more »
