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One year on: SA’s coalition govt boosted optimism, but will it last?

Matthias Krönke, University of Reading and Rorisang Lekalake, University of Cape Town For the first time since the end... Read more

24 Jun

Lagos – A wave of defections from Nigeria’s major opposition parties has swollen the ruling party’s ranks, strengthening President... Read more

24 Jun

Harare – More than 200 lecturers at Zimbabwe’s main university joined forces with students on Monday to protest against... Read more

24 Jun

Cape Town – President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the judiciary in South Africa will soon become fully independent,... Read more

21 Jun

Harare – A Zimbabwe court denied bail on Tuesday to ousted president Robert Mugabe’s foreign minister, who was arrested... Read more

18 Jun

Bamako – Mali’s cabinet has adopted a bill that could pave the way for the ruling junta’s leader to remain... Read more

12 Jun

Cotonou – Nearly two years after Niger’s military seized power and the border with Benin was shut, tensions over security,... Read more

12 Jun

Lome – More than 50 people detained during anti-government protests in Togo last week have been released, while others remain... Read more

10 Jun

Abidjan – A cholera outbreak in Ivory Coast has killed seven people in the economic capital Abidjan since late May,... Read more

6 Jun

Abidjan – Four prominent opposition figures in Ivory Coast have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on... Read more

5 Jun